{"id":67,"date":"2007-07-11T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/11\/i-bought-a-ph-meter\/"},"modified":"2007-07-11T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:16:39","slug":"i-bought-a-ph-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/11\/i-bought-a-ph-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"I Bought A pH Meter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve used pH papers<\/a> for a while, but in making red wine from cherries<\/a> I’ve gone beyond their limits. I can’t read the color very well when I’m measuring dark colored wine, and for the same reason, its tough to do acid titration with an indicator. Since I didn’t have a good way to measure it, I didn’t adjust the acidity of my cherry wine. Well it’s been fermenting away, but I didn’t solve that problem I just bought a little time. During that time, I ordered a cheap pH meter and I expect it to arrive today.<\/p>\n

There’s an old saying that if you buy cheap, you buy twice. That probably applies here, but sometimes that’s not a bad thing. Buying cheap can be a good way to learn just what you need in a tool, and help you buy intelligently later on. I understand that replacement tips for high end pH meters cost about what my meter cost, so it might be smart to just buy a new cheap meter every time the old one breaks. I don’t know yet, but right now I can measure acidity a lot more accurately than in the past. That should mean better wine, and I’m excited about that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve used pH papers for a while, but in making red wine from cherries I’ve gone beyond their limits. I can’t read the color very well when I’m measuring dark colored wine, and for the same reason, its tough to do acid titration with an indicator. Since I didn’t have a good way to measure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t