ph levels ?

[kazoo20]

I am on making my 2nd batch of wine now and I never though much about it at first when I started this hobby but I got me some ph strips for testing. These strips have a PH range of 1-14, what I am unsure about is what am I looking for for a good ph level ? There not really any standard I find about it. Now if my PH test strips range from 1-14, what would you say I should be looking to hit for my ph level in my wines ? What would be way too low or way too high ? I'll say that I have been making my own wines from scratch using white grape juice for a base and my current batch which is just getting done fermenting today pretty much took about 11 pds of sugar to start with to get a starting SG of 1100. Now that its done what would a good PH level be ? Thoughts ??

 

[joea132]

http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11240

One of the best explanations of pH and TA I've seen around. This ought to give you an idea and a basis to begin.