Tinctue of iodine

Northern Brewer General
1

Why don’t brew supply companies sell tincture of iodine. Is there another way to check for strarch conversion?

2

You can buy iodine at any drugstore but the iodine starch conversion test is something you can skip, IMO. Applying some hot water and a bit of time to crushed modern malt will convert the starches with little worry. :cheers:

3

Thanks for the feedback. How do I activate the spell check?

                                                                     Merry Christmas!
4

In addition to time and temperature, pH is important to getting full conversion of the starches. Fortunately, the effective pH range is fairly wide (5.0-5. 8) .

Spell check will be somewhere in your browser and/or OS settings.

5

If you use Iodophor for sanitizer you can use it to check for conversion.

I don’t know of a spell check function within the board, Firefox has spell check though.