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I know I could use distilled
RO water from dispensing machines (e.g., Walmart, grocery stores), typically runs at $0.39 a gallon.* Bring your own jugs or big bottles to fill.

* That price may have gone up since last time I checked. For reference, distilled water at the Walmart used to be $0.69 for a gallon jug.
 
Thanks for reminding me about looking into water treatment. I know the brewmaster at one of the Craft Breweries in town. I'll find out what they do on the water.

Now, back to my question on uses for US-05/LalBrew New England Ale yeast blend (post #1395)
 
RO water from dispensing machines (e.g., Walmart, grocery stores), typically runs at $0.39 a gallon.* Bring your own jugs or big bottles to fill.

* That price may have gone up since last time I checked. For reference, distilled water at the Walmart used to be $0.69 for a gallon jug.
I recently bought a gallon jug of distilled water for the car radiator. $1.16
 
Thanks for reminding me about looking into water treatment. I know the brewmaster at one of the Craft Breweries in town. I'll find out what they do on the water.

Now, back to my question on uses for US-05/LalBrew New England Ale yeast blend (post #1395)

Depends which yeast dominates. An IPA may be appropriate... with the 5.2 pH Stabilizer from the last batch it might turn out a tad salty... 😝
 
I'm thinking about a kolsch grain bill with some of this US-05/LalBrew New England blend yeast harvested from a Blue Moon clone.
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CaptainL

I think you water profile will be ok.

I just tried my #4 recipe, the first I adjusted my water, and it tastes awesome!

No much changes, boiled 1/2lb oats for 15min and changed the orange and coriander a bit. See below.

4# white wheat malt
5# 2 row malt
2# crystal 10
1/2# carapils

Mashed at 158 for 60min.
Mash ph at 5.27
Sparge ph at 6.5

Boiled 1/2# oats for last 15min
1oz hallertauer for 60min
3/8oz coriander for 10min
2oz sweet orange peels for 10min
1oz curacao orange peels for 10min

OG=1.049
FG=1.012
ABV%=4.8
SRM=6
IBU=13

Water profile
Ca=58
Mg=12
Na=2
Cl=93
SO4=50
Cl/SO4=1.86=malty
RA=-29

Wow, too many variables. We are getting too technical :)

Used yeast SO4 at 67F. FG was reached in 5 days. Bottled in 7 days.
This post is over 10 years old. Is this still a recommended water profile?
 
This post is over 10 years old. Is this still a recommended water profile?
He's not been seen in over a year. His #12 was the one I settled on, but his water profile of roughly 50:100:50 Ca:Cl:SO4 seems odd for a light beer not accentuating malt. I typically go 50:50:50 on this.
 
Read the entire fantastic thread, and bottling this tonight
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Only change I made was using CF182(Opus) as a dry hop, meant to give great orange taste & florals.... just an experiment.
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The US-05 did a better than expected job, so took it down a bit further than I'd have liked but see how it tastes around Christmas 🎄
 

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