residual alkalinity

Residual Alkalinity and pH for All Grain Beer Brewing

by Brad Smith on February 23, 2016 · 3 comments

This week I take a look at Residual Alkalinity, and what it means for your mash pH for all grain beer brewing. Residual Alkalinity is an important characteristic of your brewing water that you need to understand if you’re going to get the mash chemistry right. The Importance of Mash pH I’ve written previously about […]

Beer Brewing Water with John Palmer – BeerSmith Podcast #60

by Brad Smith on May 28, 2013 · 2 comments

This week my guest is John Palmer. John joins us to discuss brewing water and pH control for mashing in beer brewing. He explains why understanding your brewing water and controlling your mash pH is very important as well as describes how to calculate residual alkalinity for your local water source. Download the MP3 File […]