Are you a Supertaster?
Genetic Taste Tests and What They Tell You Many human traits are determined by a single pair of alleles. An allele is an alternative form of a gene, located at a specific position on a [...]
Oops! Errors in pH Measurement
Dipping a test strip into a solution and matching it to a color chart seems easy enough, but what you may not realize is there are outside factors that can affect the results. There are [...]
Back to Basics: Acids, Bases & the pH Scale
Precision Laboratories & Precision Europe manufacture a wide variety of pH test strips, some narrow-range, wide-range, acidic, basic, and so on and so forth. But what is the meaning behind these pH measurements?! Okay, so [...]
DIY pH Experiment: Making a Natural pH Indicator
We make a whole range of pH test strips, so we thought it would be fun for you to try making your own pH indicator in this DIY pH Experiment. This experiment is brought to you by [...]
Tech Talk with BSG Handcraft: Acidity in Wine
After last week’s blog post, we were interested in learning more about acidity in wine, so we turned to the experts at BSG Handcraft. BSG Handcraft supplies the home fermentation industry and small commercial producers [...]
Today’s Forecast: 99% Chance of Wine
Okay, who are we kidding? There’s a 100% chance of wine today, because we love wine! Precision Laboratories is located in what we like to call, the Napa Valley of Arizona. We might be over-selling [...]
Tech Talk with Cultures for Health: Kombucha Tea
Recently, we’ve been getting more and more questions on testing the pH of kombucha tea. We’ll be the first to admit this is a topic we aren’t very familiar with, but we are definitely intrigued. [...]
Brews Clues: Testing Wort pH & Fermented Beer
Although the most critical stage for measuring pH in brewing is the mash, there are other steps where testing the pH is a good idea. After all this work, you better make sure you’ve got [...]
Brews Clues: Testing and Adjusting Mash pH
Those of you that are new to brewing probably have a lot of questions about the process, so we’re going to clue you in on a step that we’re somewhat familiar with: testing and adjusting [...]
Booze, Brews, & Craft News
What’s more fun than posting about a topic on our blog that just about everyone loves? Well, sure, it would be more fun to just sit back, relax, and actually drink a beer, but we [...]