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Blonde Ale Water Profile?

scottcd

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So I am brand spanking new to water profiles and additions. I want to brew a blonde ale and I'm having trouble trusting some of the calculators out there. My water profile is

Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3- CO32-
32.0   9.0   16.5 19.8 93.3 38.900 0.000


I'm trying to figure out what additions to make. I'm not even sure I'm doing it right, but I'm getting 5g of calcium carbonate. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Boil Size: 6.87 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.62 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.10 gal 
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.042 SG
Estimated Color: 3.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 20.1 IBUs
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.2 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                  Name                                                          Type          #        %/IBU       
7 lbs                Pale Malt (2 Row) (2.0 SRM)                          Grain        1        84.8 %       
8.0 oz              Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)            Grain        2        6.1 %       
8.0 oz              White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)                          Grain        3        6.1 %       
4.0 oz              Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)                        Grain        4        3.0 %       
0.20 oz            Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 55.0 min                  Hop          5        10.4 IBUs   
0.20 oz            Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 25.0 min                  Hop          6        3.1 IBUs     
0.20 oz            Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min                  Hop          7        1.6 IBUs     
0.20 oz            Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10.    Hop          8        4.1 IBUs     
0.20 oz            Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min                    Hop          9        0.9 IBUs     
1.0 pkg            German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029)    Yeast        10      -           
 
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