Homebrew Happy Hour Podcast: Ph and Water Chemistry

[HighVoltageMan!]

I was invited to the Home Brew Happy Hour to share my ideas/techniques/methods about water and pH in beer. It has been my opinion that water chemistry is often been made overly complicated and what really matters is the finish pH and acid content of beer that really makes a beer "pop".

Lorena (Yooper) has been on this podcast many times and I have to apologize in advance, I am not as witty or smooth as Lorena. But I hope the information contained within is worth listen to me ramble on about brewing and beer in general.

These are my ideas on water and by no means are they perfect, so I would like to hear comments about your thoughts on water and beer pH. I especially want to hear if you disagree, not for the sake of argument, but so I can see if I'm off or just plain wrong. I hope this sparks a conversation that we can all learn from.

https://www.homebrewhappyhour.com/b...d-fermentation-ph-with-wayne-doucette-ep-465/

 

[Josh Hughes]

Looking forward to listening

 

[Brew Cat]

yeah I listened to most of it
took a few notes
as far as the pH, I bought a new meter after my old meter wore out but its still in the box
I tested stuff for awhile with my old one and realized that the recipe calculator on BF was pretty solid predicting the mash ph so I stopped bothering

you need to cool the mash to get an accurate reading but the online calculator adjusts for temperature already
another thing you said that jumped out because it is a pet peeve of mine (I have many) is talking about not liking Belgian styles but liking Saison styles
you can do that because I don't consider saisons being Belgian

 

[Zambi]

I don't consider saisons being Belgian

There are French & Belgian saisons....

 

[Sandy Feet]

https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-single?id=168&style_type=5&type=YEAST
That's why they make this stuff

 

[Brew Cat]

you took the bait

 

[HighVoltageMan!]

I'm glad people are getting something from the podcast!

I like Belgian beers, but not all the time. My point was to brew what you like if you want to improve your brewing. If you like it, you likely know it and can accurately judge the beer. This allows the brewer to improve over a succession of brews.

 

[Bigbre04]

i have yet to figure out how to listen to the podcast, but i have started taking a lot more ph readings on my batches. once i get more data compiled i will post about it. iv got data so far on 2 IPAs and will have some data on a black lager after today and a few brews next week as well.

 

[HighVoltageMan!]

i have yet to figure out how to listen to the podcast, but i have started taking a lot more ph readings on my batches. once i get more data compiled i will post about it. iv got data so far on 2 IPAs and will have some data on a black lager after today and a few brews next week as well.

It’s on YouTube and apple podcast. Here’s a link:

 

[Bigbre04]

It’s on YouTube and apple podcast. Here’s a link:

you sir are a nerd lol. that was pro level nerdery. interesting(i only made it about half way through before my gf got home and i made dinner). gonna finish it today while i work.

 

[Dave Y]