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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  pH Measurement ("A. J. deLange")
  Annual "Going Begging" Plea (Patrick Babcock)


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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:47:22 -0500
From: "A. J. deLange" <ajdel at verizon.net>
Subject: pH Measurement

Matt posted that one cannot get stable pH readings at other than room 

temperature. Horse pHeathers! Do it all the time. Tried to post back on 

this but server ignores me unless very brief. Go to 

http://www.wetnewf.org/pdfs/estimating-mash-ph.html and scroll down to 

see a recording of hundreds of nice stable pH readings made near 50 C.

To get stability ones needs a stable electrode. That used to imply big 

dollars but I think that mold may be broken. Preliminary results on new 

Hach PocketPro+ ($110) are very encouraging - seems stable as electrodes 

costing twice as much as this meter.

The secret to accuracy, given stability, is knowing your electrode's 

isoelectric pH and correcting ATC corrected readings to account for 

this. Not that difficult to do. To see preliminary stability test data 

on this new Hach meter go to 

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/first-time-building-up-ro-water-apa-443205/
index3.html 

page 3.

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:52:28 -0500
From: Patrick Babcock <patrick.babcock at gmail.com>
Subject: Annual "Going Begging" Plea

Greetings Beerlings, take me to your lager...

Well, it's that happy time of year again - that time I grab my tin cup
and hang out on the virtual corner to pan-handle for he ol' HBD.

Next year, time allowing and God willing, we will see several
improvements to our favorite brewing resource. We've had a new server
waiting in the wings with a new, modern operating system and TONS of
storage space. This box will allow us to re-open the Clubs section and
host club sites advertisement-free. We've also, through a targeted
effort on the Brews and Views bulletin board, raised enough money to
update the software B&V runs on - just need to finish figuring out how
to port the old Discus system data to it. We'll also move the HBD site
from its static self to a more modern and dynamic content management
system (or blog, if I get lazy :) All of these improvements will
render the HBD more "smart phone friendly", which seems to a
requirement of any viable web presence these days. And the more people
participating on the HBD, the better it is for everyone.

Aside from the upgrades we'd like to complete for 2014, your donations
also fund the HBD's day-to-day operating expenses - filing fees, post
office expenses, domain name maintenance; and connectivity and energy
costs.

New for this begging season, the HBD has an IRS Letter of
Determination of Tax Exempt Status. We've been tax exempt under IRS
rules from the day we incorporated, based on IRS rules; however, the
is letter eliminates any question regarding the deductibility of your
donation. This letter, details of our filing for it, and all HBD, Inc.
corporate documents are available via the "Disclosures" link on the
HBD.org web site.

So please, if you can, think of the HBD this giving season! As always,
the HBD finances are on public display at hbd.org, and all donors are
recognized via the HBD Benefactors Memorial Wall.

Cheers!

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See ya!

Pat Babcock
President
Home Brew Digest, Inc.

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