Bobby_M

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Looks right to me.

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lschiavo

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Joe,

Looks great at a quick glance. I like the mods. Good job!

martinworswick

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i'm planning on brewing a stout tomorrow and using the following additions-

Starting Water (ppm):
Ca: 29
Mg: 4
Na: 2
Cl: 1
SO4: 8
HCO3: 82

Mash / Sparge Vol (gal): 6 / 9
Dilution Rate: 0%

Adjustments (grams) Mash / Boil Kettle:
CaCO3: 5 / 7.5
CaSO4: 0 / 0
CaCl2: 1.5 / 2.25
MgSO4: 2.5 / 3.75
NaHCO3: 7 / 0
NaCl: 0 / 0
HCL Acid: 0 / 0
Lactic Acid: 0 / 0

Mash Water / Total water (ppm):
Ca: 135 / 135
Mg: 14 / 14
Na: 86 / 36
Cl: 33 / 33
SO4: 51 / 51
CaCO3: 359 / 249

RA (mash only): 254 (26 to 31 SRM)
Cl to SO4 (total water): 0.65 (Bitter)

hows this sound?

cheers
martin

lschiavo

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Do you want this bitter? I always thought of a stout as more balanced. That is how I adjusted my water anyway. It is still aging but the sample was great.

martinworswick

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does this look better? i'm only just starting to use salts and i wanted to make sure i was on the right track.


Starting Water (ppm):
Ca: 29
Mg: 4
Na: 2
Cl: 1
SO4: 8
HCO3: 82

Mash / Sparge Vol (gal): 6 / 9
Dilution Rate: 0%

Adjustments (grams) Mash / Boil Kettle:
CaCO3: 5 / 7.5
CaSO4: 0 / 0
CaCl2: 2.5 / 3.75
MgSO4: 2.5 / 3.75
NaHCO3: 7 / 0
NaCl: 0 / 0
HCL Acid: 0 / 0
Lactic Acid: 0 / 0

Mash Water / Total water (ppm):
Ca: 147 / 147
Mg: 14 / 14
Na: 86 / 36
Cl: 54 / 54
SO4: 51 / 51
CaCO3: 359 / 249

RA (mash only): 245 (25 to 30 SRM)
Cl to SO4 (total water): 1.06 (Balanced)

EvilBrewer

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I've read through this entire thread and I saw some references to "weighing" out the actual salts in teaspoon measurements (different volumes for different salts). Seems to me that this introduces a lot of room for error--especially when you're going through such trouble to calculate the correct amounts using the spreadsheet. If I'm wrong, and it's not that important, please lemme know.

Does anyone use a scale for these measurements? My scale only measures out grams in whole numbers...so that won't work. I brew 5 gallon batches.

Any recommendations on a good scale for this?

Netflyer

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I weigh mine out, I agree - I would never go by the tsp method. You can get a cheap jewelers scale for under 20 bucks that is accurate to .01g ... I also believe we should test our water after we adjust it to make sure we hit the target or at least make sure the RA and Cl:SO4 ratio is what we were shooting for.

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-TH-

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I bought mine on ebay for around $20. The brand is Digiweigh. It works great. Type ".01 gram scale" on ebay and you'll get plenty to choose from.

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Bobby_M

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I'm on the fence here. Although I have a scale that is supposed to be accurate to .1 grams, I found that it's not really sensitive enough. It seems like it will get hung up on a number for a bit and then jump. It could be that mine is 0-500 grams. Maybe the range is too high to really be sensitive to .1 gram changes.

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EvilBrewer

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Thanks for the response...I'll check that out.