Lactic acid - how much is too much? - Homebrew Talk

Jul 23, 2014 · I use well water, 8%ph for my brews and often find myself using lactic acid 88% to lower my mash ph. My question is can you use too much? I brew 10 and 15 gal batches and sometimes find myself using a couple of ounces per brew only to get to 5.5ph and simply …

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Feb 8, 2011 · To lower the pH of 1 lb of grist by 0.1 pH units you need about 4.1g of acid malt or 0.11 ml of 88% lactic acid. Its 9g acid malt and 0.25 ml 88% lactic acid for 1 kg of malt. Acid …

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Mar 11, 2013 · Acidulated malt and 88% lactic acid are very popular acids for mash pH correction but since lactic acid has a rather distinct taste the question that is on many brewer’s minds is: …

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Today I brewed a kettle sour. Recipe below. Before tossing in the Goodbelly shots, I checked pH of my wort and it read at 5.72. I began to add 88% lactic acid 1ml at a time, hoping to get down …

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Jan 23, 2021 · Hi all. I'm using the brewers friend water calculator and it says I need to add 5ml of 88% lactic acid to get my pH down to 5.3. I have the settings so I can add the salts and acid to …

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Aug 28, 2013 · It is a 1:1 neutralisation reaction you have added 35 ml of 88% lactic acid which equates to approx 30 g this equates to about 0.33moles you would need to add about 13g of …

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Jul 13, 2009 · About sparge water: I add about 2 ml of 50% food grade lactic acid (or 1 ml phosphoric acid) for each 5L of sparge water. For my moderately hard water, it takes pH down …

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5 days ago · I have been trying to accurately get my pH around 5.3 for most of my brews. I bought a Erickhill pH meter and bought some lactic acid 88% to play around with. Just one drop of …

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How much lactic acid do you use in a beer?

For a 5.5G batch with 7.5G full vol strike water in a typical 1.050 beer with 11-12# grains, I use 3 mL lactic acid at 88%. Your proposed use seems high, but there are variables your source water and recipe will influence. ...

Can you use lactic acid if your beer is too high?

If your beer's pH level is too high, you may want to use lactic acid to reduce the level. This is especially helpful when making 'high malt' beers or if your water source is alkaline. Also known as hydroxypropanoic acid, lactic acid is primarily found in sour milk products, such as koumiss, leban, yoghurt, kefir, and some cottage cheeses. ...

How strong is lactic acid?

The strength of the Lactic acid, 80%, 88% and 100% are all available, obviously the stronger the less you need. The mass of malt, there is a pretty simple calculation for how much a given amount of Lactic will lower the pH of a known mass of malt. I posted the raw data from Kunze in another thread. ...

How much lactic acid can a 12 Plato beer contain?

Kai Troester (Braukaiser) once stated that from his testing it was determined that acidulated malt can be used at up to 8% of grist weight without likely detection in a 12 Plato beer. That comes pretty close to an upper limit of 10 mL of 88% Lactic Acid for a ballpark 5.5 to 6 gallon batch at 12 Plato. ...

Does 88% lactic acid lower pH?

I see you have 88% Lactic acid, If your grain bill was say 9kg and given that 0.6mL of 88% Lactic will lower the pH of 1kg of grist by 0.1pH. To get from 5.7 to 5.2 you need a change of 5 of 0.1's ...

Does lactic acid lower pH?

The mass of malt, there is a pretty simple calculation for how much a given amount of Lactic will lower the pH of a known mass of malt. I posted the raw data from Kunze in another thread. I see you have 88% Lactic acid, If your grain bill was say 9kg and given that 0.6mL of 88% Lactic will lower the pH of 1kg of grist by 0.1pH. ...