hennesse
Apprentice
I'm a little confused about the Water Profile Tool.
I want to make a total of 18 gallons, with 50% local water, 50% bottled water, and whatever salts are required.
----- Part A - Water Profile Tool -----
I select the profiles for Base Water, Dilute With Water, and Target Water. For volumes, I use:
Volume of base water to use: 9 gal
Volume of dilution water to add: 9 gal
Clicking "Calculate Best Additions", gives me figures for the grams of salts to add. The values are pretty close to what BrewersFriend.com calculates. So far, so good.
When I click "Save Additions to Target" the field "for Batch Volume" shows 9 gallons. I change this to 18 gallons, and click "OK.
Question #1: Am I correct in using "for Batch Volume" 18 gal?
If I leave it at 9 gallons as the tool suggests, then when I Add Water to my recipe, and select 18 gallons - it doubles the amount of salts.
Suggestion: Shouldn't the tool suggest the sum of the Base Water and Dilute With waters?
----- Part B - Add Water to a Recipe -----
When I add a water that contains mineral additions to a recipe, and include the salts, the salt amounts are added absolutely. Subsequently changing the amount of water does not modify the amount of salts. One must delete the water and each of the salts separately, and start all over.
But it's easy to change the water and assume that the salts have changed.
Suggestion: Maybe a warning should pop up when you delete a water that has mineral additions.
Part of this problem goes back to the "Add Water" screen. The amount at the bottom of this screen defaults to the batch size, which has minor relation to the amount of water required. If you double-click the water profile, you're sunk.
Suggestion: Perhaps it would be better to default the "Amount" field to blank, and refuse to proceed unless the user fills it in.
The Water Profile Tool is a wonderful tool, and much easier to use than others. But it seems rather easy to make certain mistakes, and end up with totally incorrect salt amounts.
I want to make a total of 18 gallons, with 50% local water, 50% bottled water, and whatever salts are required.
----- Part A - Water Profile Tool -----
I select the profiles for Base Water, Dilute With Water, and Target Water. For volumes, I use:
Volume of base water to use: 9 gal
Volume of dilution water to add: 9 gal
Clicking "Calculate Best Additions", gives me figures for the grams of salts to add. The values are pretty close to what BrewersFriend.com calculates. So far, so good.
When I click "Save Additions to Target" the field "for Batch Volume" shows 9 gallons. I change this to 18 gallons, and click "OK.
Question #1: Am I correct in using "for Batch Volume" 18 gal?
If I leave it at 9 gallons as the tool suggests, then when I Add Water to my recipe, and select 18 gallons - it doubles the amount of salts.
Suggestion: Shouldn't the tool suggest the sum of the Base Water and Dilute With waters?
----- Part B - Add Water to a Recipe -----
When I add a water that contains mineral additions to a recipe, and include the salts, the salt amounts are added absolutely. Subsequently changing the amount of water does not modify the amount of salts. One must delete the water and each of the salts separately, and start all over.
But it's easy to change the water and assume that the salts have changed.
Suggestion: Maybe a warning should pop up when you delete a water that has mineral additions.
Part of this problem goes back to the "Add Water" screen. The amount at the bottom of this screen defaults to the batch size, which has minor relation to the amount of water required. If you double-click the water profile, you're sunk.
Suggestion: Perhaps it would be better to default the "Amount" field to blank, and refuse to proceed unless the user fills it in.
The Water Profile Tool is a wonderful tool, and much easier to use than others. But it seems rather easy to make certain mistakes, and end up with totally incorrect salt amounts.