GonzoGonzolas
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Curious on your opinion here:
After lots of research, PH meters sound like they are very difficult and expensive to use/maintain/store for a hobby brewer. And test strips appear to be widely opinioned as not accurate to be useful. But what about liquid-based tests (such as pool kits and/or other ?liquid drop? tests for hydroponics).
I can?t believe I can?t find a thread on a homebrew forum about using liquid-based/drop methods of PH measurement for Homebrewing. They seem to address all the problems of meters (cost, accuracy, storage) for the intermittent user.
Specifically, something like link below seems like it would be quite useful to start to get an idea about your mashing PH?perhaps even nudging it to the desired PH.
https://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-pH-Control-Kit/dp/B000BNKWZY
Am I missing something here? Why isn?t everyone using liquid-drop based PH testing?
PS: there's probably some impact from temp when you try to sample your 155F mash....but I think the sample size is so small that chilled test drops may even mitigate this somewhat. Sort of like putting "hot" drops on your refractometer; they cool almost immediately.)
After lots of research, PH meters sound like they are very difficult and expensive to use/maintain/store for a hobby brewer. And test strips appear to be widely opinioned as not accurate to be useful. But what about liquid-based tests (such as pool kits and/or other ?liquid drop? tests for hydroponics).
I can?t believe I can?t find a thread on a homebrew forum about using liquid-based/drop methods of PH measurement for Homebrewing. They seem to address all the problems of meters (cost, accuracy, storage) for the intermittent user.
Specifically, something like link below seems like it would be quite useful to start to get an idea about your mashing PH?perhaps even nudging it to the desired PH.
https://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-pH-Control-Kit/dp/B000BNKWZY
Am I missing something here? Why isn?t everyone using liquid-drop based PH testing?
PS: there's probably some impact from temp when you try to sample your 155F mash....but I think the sample size is so small that chilled test drops may even mitigate this somewhat. Sort of like putting "hot" drops on your refractometer; they cool almost immediately.)