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Thanks for the advice all. I've been doing a bit more reading and listening to a few podcasts on water treatments. From all of that my conclusion is that I will not get too hung up on precise numbers - just going to make sure I have sufficient calcium and good sulphate/chloride ratio. Mash pH...

Funnily enough I was just listening to an old Brulosophy podcast that was talking about the importance of magnesium for the Maillard reaction

Yeah I wasn’t sure of the protocol so ended up with a bit of a thread hijack. The Chloride number increases as I add more carbonate reducing acid. And then that creates a problem for me because I want to keep a high sulphate/chloride ratio. To keep the ratio I need to pile in more Gypsum and...

i thought Magnesium was good for yeast. I may be wrong. Agree it is not an essential addition though

HI All. I'm just starting to dabble a bit more in the water chemistry and would appreciate any advice on the following. I'm looking to adjust my base water for a pale ale recipe. Source water as follows: Calcium (ppm) Magnesium (ppm) Alkalinity as CaCO3 Sulfate (ppm) Chloride (ppm) Sodium...