"Ray Calvert" > wrote in message
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>> Thanks for the tips. I have the acid test kit and plan to use it.
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>> Would either pre or post fermentation be better to make these
>> adjustments?
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>> toddvb
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> I recommend that you adjust acid to ballpark using your acid kit and add
> as much tannin as you think you may need or as your recipe calls for. But
> be careful not to over do it. It is not easy to take it out. Then to
> final adjustments after fermentation by taste. Ray
>

I did just that. The acid test showed the acid content was about where it
should be 0.6, but I added 1 tsp of acid blend anyway. I tested the pH with
a paper strip and it came out at 3.6, also about where it should be I
believe. I also added 1 tsp of the tannin. I wasn't going on any kind of
recipe, but the amounts I added were at or below most recipes I have seen so
I thought that would be a safe starting point.

I'll test and taste it again when I transfer it over to the secondary and
make more adjustements then.

toddvb