{"id":3875,"date":"2013-06-19T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T19:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:35:17","slug":"brewing-water-and-mash-ph-with-bob-hall-beersmith-podcast-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/19\/brewing-water-and-mash-ph-with-bob-hall-beersmith-podcast-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewing Water and Mash pH with Bob Hall &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #61"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/19\/brewing-water-and-mash-ph-with-bob-hall-beersmith-podcast-61\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This week my guest is Bob Hall. Bob shares with us some great tips for managing your brewing water and mash pH. Bob teaches biology and ecology at the University of Wyoming and has been homebrewing for 23 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-61-Hall-Water.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-61-Hall-Water.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ucJO_s7WiE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (35:56)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Hall is this week&#8217;s guest. Bob has been homebrewing for 23 years, and is a Grandmaster Beer Judge. He teaches ecology and biology at the University of Wyoming.<\/li>\n<li>Dr Hall explains the relationship between freshwater ecology and brewing beer<\/li>\n<li>We talk about why pH is so important in brewing better beer &#8211; especially in the mash<\/li>\n<li>Bob tells us why most groundwater is alkaline<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the control of pH in the mash and some methods for measuring and controlling pH.<\/li>\n<li>Bob also talks about the use of darker grains to control mash pH<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the use of buffers such as 5.2 stabilizer to control pH<\/li>\n<li>Residual alkalinity is explained and Bob offers some advice on alkalinity and residual alkalinity<\/li>\n<li>We finish by discussing some additional tips for making better beer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Bob Hall for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This week my guest is Bob Hall. 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