Goose
Apprentice
I just downloaded and installed the latest and greatest version of BeerSmith and have a question about using the water profile tool. From reading the Kaminski/Palmer "Water" book I no longer Calcium Carbonate (chalk) as one of my brewing salts since it
a): is relatively difficult to dissolve and
b): it reacts with the phosphate in the mash to produce apatite and reduces the carbonate content of the brewing liquor. I now use pickling lime (Calcium Hydroxide) in place of chalk in the mash.
Is there any way to change the salts specified in the water profile tool to allow me to substitute calcium hydroxide for calcium carbonate? If not, then could this substitution process or the simple addition of calcium hydroxide as a brewing salt in the water profile tool be incorporated in a future release of BeerSmith?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
...............Goose
a): is relatively difficult to dissolve and
b): it reacts with the phosphate in the mash to produce apatite and reduces the carbonate content of the brewing liquor. I now use pickling lime (Calcium Hydroxide) in place of chalk in the mash.
Is there any way to change the salts specified in the water profile tool to allow me to substitute calcium hydroxide for calcium carbonate? If not, then could this substitution process or the simple addition of calcium hydroxide as a brewing salt in the water profile tool be incorporated in a future release of BeerSmith?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
...............Goose