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Offline VALKIRIA01

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Where to buy online Iodine test?
« on: July 30, 2015, 06:20:50 pm »
Hi Im from Costa Rica and we dont get iodine here, anybody knows any online supplier where I could get  some?

Offline Stevie

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Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2015, 06:25:00 pm »
Amazon? You can't get it at a drug store/chemist?

In all honestly, I don't ever do iodine tests. Malts these days convert without issue.

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Re: Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2015, 06:35:33 pm »

In all honestly, I don't ever do iodine tests. Malts these days convert without issue.

Yep. And the iodine test is unreliable at best. Waste of time.
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Re: Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2015, 07:58:18 am »
This link provides a better approach than an iodine test:
http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Understanding_Efficiency

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Re: Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2015, 10:26:29 am »
Skip the iodine test.  Use the braukaiser link.
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Re: Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2015, 10:50:55 pm »
I wish I had read more threads like this before I bought Iodine and tried to brew with it. Hit your temps and pH and you should be fine. give it enough time: 45-60 minutes or more. Iodine could help you shave some time if conversion is fully complete earlier than that, but there is plenty of stuff to do while waiting for mash time to be complete. As an afterthought, we are online, you can buy my once used bottle of iodine if you really want it 8)
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Re: Where to buy online Iodine test?
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2015, 06:59:56 am »
His chart that shows expected SG by mash thickness (Quarts per Pound) is all I have used. I don't even do that anymore