brybarrett
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Hello,
First of all I would like to thank everyone and all of the information that is contained within this forum. The wealth of knowledge is incredible. I am fairly a noob to brewing. I started back in November and have about 6 to 7 all-grain beers under my belt. I normally do 3 gallon batches, this is the most my stove is able boil. I brew pales and IPA's. My beers have been relatively good but i am now starting to critic my work a little more.
I have noticed that my beers have been missing some, depth, hop bitterness and well as overall hop aroma. I've never done any water correction in the past, not even used any 5.2. Well, that's about to change. I haven't had my tap water analyzed just yet, although I know it's relatively soft. So I have been using store bought spring water, Poland and other various brands.
I've been reviewing the water report for Poland and have come up with the following information:
Ca 4.4-7.7
Mg .91-1.2
Na 3.9-7.4
HCO3 6.7-20
CO3 6.6-30
SO4 2-5.8
CL 5.5-13
PH 5.9-6.8
Now, should I take the average for these figures or should I use the water profile (not sure how recent) listed within Beersmith for Poland Springs which is:
Ca 5.4
Mg 1.1
Na 3.5
SO4 2.5
Cl 1.9
HCO3 14.1
PH 6.02
Also, I have been playing with various water treatment calculators, which is the most accurate? I've tried Palmer's, Brew3.0, Beersmith and brewer's lair and they all seem to vary somewhat. For instance, Brewers lair gives me the following correction using the Beersmith profile and 4.5 gallons to treat:
Epsom Salts 4.48 grams
Baking Soda 2.24
Calcium chloride 2.24
Chalk 2.24
No canning salts or gypsum (strange as other calculators state I need this)
Sorry for the long post. Any help or assistance that this group can give me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Bryan
First of all I would like to thank everyone and all of the information that is contained within this forum. The wealth of knowledge is incredible. I am fairly a noob to brewing. I started back in November and have about 6 to 7 all-grain beers under my belt. I normally do 3 gallon batches, this is the most my stove is able boil. I brew pales and IPA's. My beers have been relatively good but i am now starting to critic my work a little more.
I have noticed that my beers have been missing some, depth, hop bitterness and well as overall hop aroma. I've never done any water correction in the past, not even used any 5.2. Well, that's about to change. I haven't had my tap water analyzed just yet, although I know it's relatively soft. So I have been using store bought spring water, Poland and other various brands.
I've been reviewing the water report for Poland and have come up with the following information:
Ca 4.4-7.7
Mg .91-1.2
Na 3.9-7.4
HCO3 6.7-20
CO3 6.6-30
SO4 2-5.8
CL 5.5-13
PH 5.9-6.8
Now, should I take the average for these figures or should I use the water profile (not sure how recent) listed within Beersmith for Poland Springs which is:
Ca 5.4
Mg 1.1
Na 3.5
SO4 2.5
Cl 1.9
HCO3 14.1
PH 6.02
Also, I have been playing with various water treatment calculators, which is the most accurate? I've tried Palmer's, Brew3.0, Beersmith and brewer's lair and they all seem to vary somewhat. For instance, Brewers lair gives me the following correction using the Beersmith profile and 4.5 gallons to treat:
Epsom Salts 4.48 grams
Baking Soda 2.24
Calcium chloride 2.24
Chalk 2.24
No canning salts or gypsum (strange as other calculators state I need this)
Sorry for the long post. Any help or assistance that this group can give me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Bryan
