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Kveik also tend to finish beers at a slightly low pH than conventional ale yeast and lager yeast. In a survey of data from around 60 strains of yeast total, Escarpment Labs showed that kveik strains on average finished around 4.25 final beer pH while conventional ale/lager yeast strains finished on average around 4.50 final beer pH for the same wort. This can have an impact on the overall sensory nature of kveik. For example, a lower pH is sometimes associated with the perception of a thinner body as well as a harsher and more astringent hop character. The use of buffering minerals in the mash such as baking soda, lime, or chalk, can help adjust the pH back up if desired <ref>[https://www.escarpmentlabs.com/single-post/2019/10/20/Crispy-brewing-with-kveik Richard Preiss. Escarpment Labs blog post, "Crispy brewing with kveik: mind the pH gap." 11/26/2019. Retrieved 11/26/2019.]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/3082701461758047/ Richard Preiss. Milk The Funk Facebook thread on kveik resulting in a lower pH for final beer. 11/26/2019.]</ref>.
This tendency to producer slightly lower pH beers than normal brewing yeast is not universal, however. Fermentation conducted with unpurified original kveik cultures may have different results than single isolate strains. For example, [https://nmbu.brage.unit.no/nmbu-xmlui/handle/11250/2681970?show=full Nadia Marlen Aasen's Master's thesis from Norwegian University of Life Sciences] found that the same wort fermented with US-05 finished between 3.8-4.0 pH, one Ørjasæter kveik isolate finished at 4.1-4.2 pH, one Gamlegrua kveik isolate finished at 4.1-4.3, and one Gausemel kveik isolate finished at 3.8-4.0 pH <ref name="Aasen" />.
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