brewbush
Well-Known Member
So to start here is my water analysis. (Ward) in ppm
Na: 5
K: 2
Ca: 14
Mg: 6
Total Hardness CaCO3: 60
NO3-N: 3
sulfate: 3*3=9
Cl: 2
HCO2: 74
Total alkalinity, CaCO3: 60
phosphorus: 0.44
I have been playing with all the water spreadsheets including beersmiths water profile tool, the latest is Bru'nwater.
My main goal is to create a water profile that I can use for the majority of my beers, a generic one. Google has only provided me with multiple threads saying that there is no one generic profile to use. Beersmith is somewhat easy if I wanted to use a specific local water, it will provide me with the specific additions to put in. However the spreadsheets only allow you to put in the additions and it back calculates the results allowing me to use trial and error.
From as far as I can determine with the spreadsheets it looks like calcium and pH are what stand out to me as needing adjusting? Perhaps bringing my Calcium up would be the ideal move, maybe into the 50-70 range?
Doing pH with my water I am getting 5.8 with 8lbs of mixed pale and crystal malts, which may be too high.
Before I continue, any suggestions to get me moving in the right direction as far as adjusting (if necessary).
Thanks
Na: 5
K: 2
Ca: 14
Mg: 6
Total Hardness CaCO3: 60
NO3-N: 3
sulfate: 3*3=9
Cl: 2
HCO2: 74
Total alkalinity, CaCO3: 60
phosphorus: 0.44
I have been playing with all the water spreadsheets including beersmiths water profile tool, the latest is Bru'nwater.
My main goal is to create a water profile that I can use for the majority of my beers, a generic one. Google has only provided me with multiple threads saying that there is no one generic profile to use. Beersmith is somewhat easy if I wanted to use a specific local water, it will provide me with the specific additions to put in. However the spreadsheets only allow you to put in the additions and it back calculates the results allowing me to use trial and error.
From as far as I can determine with the spreadsheets it looks like calcium and pH are what stand out to me as needing adjusting? Perhaps bringing my Calcium up would be the ideal move, maybe into the 50-70 range?
Doing pH with my water I am getting 5.8 with 8lbs of mixed pale and crystal malts, which may be too high.
Before I continue, any suggestions to get me moving in the right direction as far as adjusting (if necessary).
Thanks