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Sambow
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Link Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:36 am Post subject: Water adjustments |
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Hey everyone,
I just got my shiny new Hanah 98128 PH Meter and I'm excited to take it for a spin! I've been limping along without one and with very little knowledge of water chemistry so far. In Kal's article about brew salts he mentions that there may be a future article RE: water chemistry:
Quote: | Water adjustments will be covered in a future article without the reader having to understand a thing about Chemistry (we hated Chemistry!). It's actually quite simple and doesn't involve any formulas at all. For those who would like to get a head start, we recommend using EZWaterCalculator to learn how to adjust your water to the targets shown in our recipes. |
Kal, have you written this already or is it still in the works? I'm reading the water book by Palmer, but it's dense!
Thanks!
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11121 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Link Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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It has not been written yet, there's some dregs of thoughts/ideas but it's far from complete. I keep going back and forth between just how to use EZWaterCalculator to calculate salt additions per the recipes here, or writing a full blown article about water (which is considerably more work). Finding it hard to find a balancing point. Thanks for the reminder however - I think I should start with something really simple for now. Unfortunately I do not know when I'll be able to spend time on it so I hesitate to give any ETAs.
EZWaterCalculator is very easy to use. I would recommend going with that for now. There have been past discussions on it here. You plug your water's numbers in it and use my recommendations in the recipes for targets. EZWater then tells you how much to add to the mash, how much to add to the boil.
Kal
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Sambow
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Link Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Cool, I figured I hadn't missed it unless it was buried in the forums somewhere. I'll keep plugging away at the water book then and use the EZWater spreadsheeting the mean time. You just answered the only question I had right now which is "do I add my salts to the hlt or the mlt, because I added to the hlt last brew and the chalk didn't dissolve well at all."
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dwhitlinger
Joined: 26 Nov 2013 Posts: 10 Location: Crotonville, NY
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:16 pm Post subject: Water numbers |
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Kal,
I'm almost done and can't thank you enough. I'll post pictures soon. I'm getting ready for my inaugural batch and want to the the Bell's Two Hearts. I have my water lab report from Wards and have started to plug numbers into the ezwater Excel spreadsheet. One quick question - the numbers you give with each of your recipes are ppms not mg/l yes? Thanks again!
Dave
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Sambow
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Screwy Brewer
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Link Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I use EZWaterCalculator too but with distilled water that basically has no minerals, salts or buffering in it. I want consistency in my beer and that means my brewing water properties have to be consistent too. Starting out with distilled or reverse osmosis water will give you a clean slate where you can then add just the amount of salts, minerals and lactic acid you need, depending on your grain bill and style of beer
For my Clock Strukker IPA all I did was add the following:
- Mash water profile 4.0 gallons --
2.00 g - Gypsum (calcium sulfate)
2.00 g - Epsom Salt (magnesium sulfate)
2.00 g - Calcium Chloride
2.50 ml Lactic Acid
- Sparge water profile 5.0 gallons --
2.50 g - Gypsum (calcium sulfate)
2.50 g - Epsom Salt (magnesium sulfate)
2.50 g - Calcium Chloride
The beer came out delicious, clear light color and clean tasting with a nice bready finish.
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