arctic78
Grandmaster Brewer
Not sure if this makes sense to anyone but was after some help/advise on my first attempt at treating my water for my next brew which will be an IPA. The beer will be very hoppy and is 7.1% I am after a bit of malt to balance it out but want the hops to really stand out. The OG is 1.062 and FG 1.008.
What I have below is my starting water profile in mg/l
then I have my target water profile.
the Actual is what I have got the profile to with some additions of
Gypsum: 8g
Magnesium chloride: 1g
slaked lime: 14g
I have most things in the ball park except Ca+2 which is way over the mark.
not sure if this will have much of an impact on what I am after with my beer ????
or how to correct this. As is abundantly clear to those of you who are more experienced in this side of brewing I have a lot of reading and learning to do about water chemistry . Maybe I am better of leaving my water as is for the time being ???? any help is much appreciated .
Typical analysis (mg/Litre)
Bicarbonate 260
Chloride 70
Sulphate 26
Calcium 86
Magnesium 9
Potassium 0.2
Sodium 35
target 10 5 10 50 150 0
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO
Actual 348.7 8.5 18.1 47.4 157.4 3.784
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difference 273.7 3.5 8.1 -2.6 7.4 3.8
What I have below is my starting water profile in mg/l
then I have my target water profile.
the Actual is what I have got the profile to with some additions of
Gypsum: 8g
Magnesium chloride: 1g
slaked lime: 14g
I have most things in the ball park except Ca+2 which is way over the mark.
not sure if this will have much of an impact on what I am after with my beer ????
or how to correct this. As is abundantly clear to those of you who are more experienced in this side of brewing I have a lot of reading and learning to do about water chemistry . Maybe I am better of leaving my water as is for the time being ???? any help is much appreciated .
Typical analysis (mg/Litre)
Bicarbonate 260
Chloride 70
Sulphate 26
Calcium 86
Magnesium 9
Potassium 0.2
Sodium 35
target 10 5 10 50 150 0
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO
Actual 348.7 8.5 18.1 47.4 157.4 3.784
▲
difference 273.7 3.5 8.1 -2.6 7.4 3.8