Hi all,
I have been reading through this site a bit and thanks for the great tips and recipes thus far. Have a NGW sitting nearly ready to go, cannot wait to run this through my pot still (got a thumper as well). Actually have a question. I ended up adding juice of 2 small lemons and teaspoon of epsom salts. I know this isnt part of the recipe but thought it would give the wash a good chance to hit some high ABV, still not sure if this was a good idea or not. Im going to do generations, and so testing PH should be best practice? I realize that I do not have a PH tester (not any that go lower than 5 anyway)
Question is, can I reasonably go ahead with 2nd gen without testing or is testing for PH a must? Can I use a PH tester that you buy at Bunnings?
My SG gravity reading was 1.090 and on day 11 it is 1.030 (~7.9%) The cereal is starting to sink to the bottom and temp sits around 24c I am giving it a good shake every few days to get more action from it, the surface of the wash is still bubbling away (dont have the bubbler tube, have cling film over it with pin holes in it)
Thanks in advance.