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Ok, I am currently reading and trying to teach myself about brewing water. In using the brewing calculators, it seems at times that changing the amount of additions will guide the numbers in the direction you want to move but often adding as little as .1g too much can skew the numbers the opposite direction. And when adding Gypsum to raise the Ca level to something equal to water for say Bass Ale, it warns of danger do not brew at this level.
If I wanted to brew a Bass clone what would you add to my water?
This is what the brewing water chemistry calc says it should be:
Ca-270 Mg-24 SO4-660 Na-50 Cl-35 HCO3-290
pH 8.7
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 176
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.29
Cations / Anions, me/L 2.5 / 2.4
ppm
Sodium, Na 15
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 17
Magnesium, Mg 12
Total Hardness, CaCO3 93
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.5 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 8
Chloride, Cl 23
Carbonate, CO3 4
Bicarbonate, HCO3 57
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 54
Total Phosphorus, P 0.50
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit
Thanks
If I wanted to brew a Bass clone what would you add to my water?
This is what the brewing water chemistry calc says it should be:
Ca-270 Mg-24 SO4-660 Na-50 Cl-35 HCO3-290
pH 8.7
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 176
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.29
Cations / Anions, me/L 2.5 / 2.4
ppm
Sodium, Na 15
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 17
Magnesium, Mg 12
Total Hardness, CaCO3 93
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.5 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 8
Chloride, Cl 23
Carbonate, CO3 4
Bicarbonate, HCO3 57
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 54
Total Phosphorus, P 0.50
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit
Thanks