fauskie
Active Member
Made a munich dunkel yesterday and the recipe was created to achieve a 1.057 OG.
However, I'm still fine tuning my setup and recipe used 65% efficiency when I came closer to 71%. My boil also evaporates much more wort than I had accounted for.
All in all, my OG was 1.067 and I was left with about 4.5 gallons of wort.
Using BeerTools calculator, if I add .75 gallons of water Ill reach my planned OG (and final volume). My real question is;
1) What type of water do I use for the .75 gallons? Distilled or my tap?
2) Do I make any salt/pH adjustments to the make-up water?
I use EZWaterCalculator to make adjustments to my tap water for the specific recipe I brew and I reached my planned mash pH just fine. But will the make-up water effect my beer if I don't make any salt/pH adjustment(s) or is .75 gallons too little water to really effect anything?
However, I'm still fine tuning my setup and recipe used 65% efficiency when I came closer to 71%. My boil also evaporates much more wort than I had accounted for.
All in all, my OG was 1.067 and I was left with about 4.5 gallons of wort.
Using BeerTools calculator, if I add .75 gallons of water Ill reach my planned OG (and final volume). My real question is;
1) What type of water do I use for the .75 gallons? Distilled or my tap?
2) Do I make any salt/pH adjustments to the make-up water?
I use EZWaterCalculator to make adjustments to my tap water for the specific recipe I brew and I reached my planned mash pH just fine. But will the make-up water effect my beer if I don't make any salt/pH adjustment(s) or is .75 gallons too little water to really effect anything?