Hey all did a mini mash of 100% pils malt with RO water and added lactic acid to get the ph down to 4.02 to make some sauergut
Mash was fine
Ph meter was calibrated about 3 times to make sure
Tested it mash about 4 times always came out to 4.01-4.03 ph
did a quick 5 min boil
after the boil I tested the ph again and it had risen to 4.8
how the hell did this happen? I’m racking my brain
This is just a guess, but was temperature takin into consideration when checking during the boil. Also, will evaporation affect the pH?
All the temperatures of samples were taken at 75 degrees. I’m assuming maybe the first sample at mash was just way off for some reason but I can’t find any info as to why that’d be especially if it was properly calibrated and I even checked it with a different probe too and it read exactly the same
When did you take the pH of the mash? Mash pH has a tendency to change over the length of the mash. I always wait at least 10-15 minutes before taking a pH reading.
I took the ph about 20 mins into the mash, but Who knows I think next Time I’ll just adjust at the boil and save myself the headache lol