Shared: Also a small tip…after kicking a keg.

Also a small tip…after kicking a keg.

I clean the keg with hot water then it gets a hot PBW soak overnight. The keg then gets another hot rinse and a quart of starsan solution shaken up inside. I then purge the keg completely with CO₂… pulling the pressure relief valve multiple times to evacuate O₂. I store the keg pressurized with CO₂ until it’s ready to be filled. When ready to fill I just release the pressure and rack the beer into the CO₂ filled keg.

Shared: Beer Forum • View topic – pH Meter?

Beer Forum • View topic – pH Meter?

I’d say as a minumum look for

  1. Precision 0.01 (means you can read it to 0.01 – not that it is accurate to 0.01)

  2. Accuracy better than or equal to 0.05. A meter capable of 0.02 is better as the accuracy of your readings is then set by the buffers and not the meter itself.

  3. ATC

  4. Ability to calibrate to 2 buffers (I understand there are some units out there that only allow 1 buffer calibration).

  5. Under “nice to have” and as you can get it in under $100 meters I’ll list it: Automatic buffer recognition

Shared: pH Meter: How long to get a reading?

pH Meter: How long to get a reading?

One thing I wasn’t expecting is that it takes about 2-3 minutes to get an accurate reading.  When I first insert the probe, the initial reading is usually around 7 or 8, and then it slowly starts going down until it eventually settles at the final reading.  I have found that gently stirring the probe in the sample speeds the process up a bit and actually seems necessary to get an accurate reading (as confirmed with testing solutions).

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This is just a random post from a libertarian fund manager blog that I follow. The fun part is the comment policy:

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Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse… you are, after all, anonymous.