Side by side water modification test - Page 6

adx · 12-12-2009, 10:01 PM

I just got done trying the same brew. Man was that a rough brew day. It's hard to try to get two brews to be exactly the same. I did my mashes separate in a 2 gallon cooler instead of together. But the weird thing is I got two different OG as well. One was right on at 1.052. The other was high at 1.058. For some reason one was darker than the other. The grist was the same in both, 88% 2-row and 12% Crystal 60L.

We'll see how they turn out next year!

**EvilBrewer** · 03-16-2010, 02:41 PM

Hey, Bobby...just read through this thread. I'm on the verge of getting into water chemistry myself and so your experiment was of interest to me. Looks like the results were inconclusive but I also noticed that this was a few months ago...did you ever end up trying it again?

In general, do you feel like manipulating the water chemistry has made a difference for you?

**Bobby_M** · 03-16-2010, 04:25 PM

I haven't done the same type of experiment again but my beers have been noticeably better in general. I would attribute it mostly to fixing the major Sulfate deficiency in my stock water. I also made a really good Pilsner on 90% distilled which I wouldn't have known about without the water discovery.

**EvilBrewer** · 03-16-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby_M

I haven't done the same type of experiment again but my beers have been noticeably better in general. I would attribute it mostly to fixing the major Sulfate deficiency in my stock water. I also made a really good Pilsner on 90% distilled which I wouldn't have known about without the water discovery.

Great to hear. I'm looking forward to trying it out myself!