We have IBU; we also need ISU

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  1. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    I wish I had saved/stolen some of those ph testing strips from high school chemistry. I could have done a great public service distributing them to sour beer lovers. But then again, it's been many many moons since high school so they'd probably be useless by this time.
     
    #21 otispdriftwood, Feb 11, 2015
  2. Ranbot

    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    That made me imagine a sour beer lover opening a bottle, sticking a pH strip in and then drain-pouring the beer without trying it because it wasn't sour enough for them. Then running off to write a review on BA, of course. :rolling_eyes:
     
    #22 Ranbot, Feb 11, 2015
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  3. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Would they base their review off of their licking of the pH strip!?!:grimacing:

    Cheers!
     
    #23 JackHorzempa, Feb 11, 2015
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  4. geocool

    geocool Savant (1,233) Jun 21, 2006 Massachusetts

    I think we can take this time to ask ourselves "what good has come from the practice of listing IBU's on the label?" My answer: Very little good, and a lot of bad.
     
    #24 geocool, Feb 11, 2015
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  5. JAPack521

    JAPack521 Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2013 California

    It's worth noting that pH is a logorithmic scale, meaning that something with a pH of 3 is 10 times more acidic than something with a pH of 4 and 100 times more acidic than 5 (which is just below the acidity of wort.)
     
    #25 JAPack521, Feb 11, 2015
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