what kinds of acids do you use for ph adjustments?

I always hear people talk about adding lactic acid for ph control. Is that the only kind? What about citric? Phosphoric? Carbonic? Idk. Just listing some I know.

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baconeater@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y

I usually use 88% Lactic Acid. As a second choice I would pick Phosphoric Acid (usually comes as 10%). If you can find a stronger phosphoric acid then it's probably the better choice as I think it has a lower taste threshold than lactic but it's really fairly negligible between the 2. Citric acid has an extremely noticeable taste (think sour candy like warheads) and carbonic acid is a weak acid which is usually found in beer as the result of dissolved CO2.

vynlwombat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I use lactic but have used lemon juice too

Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hydrofluoric gives a nice flavor. (Don't do this)

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

LOL, cleans all your silicon chips up, real nice, too!