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blur_yo_face
Houston, Tx
161 Posts


Hey guys,

I've been looking to improve the storage of most of my equipment. I have most of my smaller equipment stored in plastic containers on a shelf in the garage. The exceptions being the items too large to put in plastic containers (kettle, mash tun, HLT, chiller, etc.) 

I've read that pH meters need a little more care than most of the equipment we use. How do you personally store yours?

If temperature swings are an issue, it can't stay in the garage, and how do you personally keep the probe submerged in solution?


If I use this pH meter, can I just keep solution in the cap to keep the probe from drying out?




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


My meter (the Omega PHH-7011) comes with a cap that has a fill line for storage solution.  Easy peasy, fill the cap, screw it on.  I keep the meter in its case in my basement, where the temps tend to go no lower than 52 F or so, no warmer than 65 F or so.



Posted 34 days ago.

rayfound
Charter Member
Riverside, CA
313 Posts


How did your IPA come out???



Posted 34 days ago.

blur_yo_face
Houston, Tx
161 Posts


IPA came out great!! I wish I had the palate to give it the review it deserves, but as a fellow hop-head, I think it came out fantastic..

It wasn't the typical forward harsh bitterness that I've grown accustomed to from my go-to IPA Hopadillo.. The hop flavor came out more than the bitterness (if that makes sense), and the "bite" seemed like a product of water treatment instead of hop quantity/bitterness.. I really liked that though, the hop flavor shined above all else.. It also makes me wonder what types of hops are used in the Hopadillo, because the MACC seemed different than the flavor in Hopadillo..

I even had to take the handle off the tap, just to deter people from drinking all of it before I got my cousin to review it a few weeks ago.. he had similar things to say about it as I did.. it is really good, but also different from our view of what a "typical" IPA tastes like..

This past weekend, I invited some of my neighbors to come over so I could show off the new keezer.. they told me they could stop by, but couldn't stay longer than one beer or so.. they both loved the IPA so much, they stuck around way longer than they intended.. they just kept asking "you don't mind if I have one more glass, do you?".. I'm shocked the keg has lasted this long, I'm sure it's near the end..

I'm just curious, was there some sort of inspiration for that recipe itself? Were you trying to replicate a commercial beer? Build the recipe from scratch?

I ask because I have a SMaSH Pale Ale fermenting right now, I'm hoping to get ideas for my own recipe..




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


That is great that it came out so well.  To me, the best IPAs have more hop flavor and aroma than just pure bitterness. 

Sounds like you need to brew it again.





Posted 34 days ago.

blur_yo_face
Houston, Tx
161 Posts


Absolutely! Might need to have some donations for ingredients though.. 10 oz of hop pellets doesn't come cheap



Posted 34 days ago.

mchrispen
Bastrop, TX
485 Posts


Make sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions - there are different types of probes. Mine requires specific potassium chloride concentration for storage, and the bulb must remain submerged (not just moist). Some of the HANNA meters require only a certain humidity saturation to keep junction membranes moist. I use the Milwaukee MW-102.

I mistakenly stored a probe in 4.1 solution for a few months (after some bad advice). I was able to restore the probe through following Milwaukee's probe cleaning procedure and an extended soak in a potassium chloride solution (stronger than the storage solution). Then a series of stability tests. It restored the probe, but I also bought a second one. You need to check the storage solution periodically - algae can grow in it - and the pH will drop. I suggest a large bottle of storage solution - decant into smaller storage vessels that are cleaned thoroughly after each use. Mine has little plastic bottles that screw onto the probe.

Temperature stability helps to prevent shifts in the solutions - so I would store this somewhere inside.

The IPA does sound yummy!




Posted 34 days ago.

rayfound
Charter Member
Riverside, CA
313 Posts


Awesome!!!!  I am on iteration 4 of it here... That's over 30 gallons since thanksgiving. 


No commercial example inspiration. I just ripped off the grain bill from Marshall's lil slack ipa, then dosed with heavy amounts of hops I like that are known to work well together. 

I mean, I had a bit more of a thought process than that... But not much. Wanted to focus on fruity/citrus rather than dank, resin, or piney notes. 




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