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I've just managed to completely pickle my head!
In previous brews of light blonde ales, I've aimed at and succeeded to treat my water to get a target pH of 5.2 to 5.4, this is measured from a sample taken about 15 min into the mash, but my target OG has always fallen sort by about 5, ie 1.033 for 1.038.
On my latest brew I didn't bother treating the water but used pH stabiliser, pH was 5.8 and the target OG was achieved!
Now I'm totally confused and comments welcome
In previous brews of light blonde ales, I've aimed at and succeeded to treat my water to get a target pH of 5.2 to 5.4, this is measured from a sample taken about 15 min into the mash, but my target OG has always fallen sort by about 5, ie 1.033 for 1.038.
On my latest brew I didn't bother treating the water but used pH stabiliser, pH was 5.8 and the target OG was achieved!
Now I'm totally confused and comments welcome