Invertalon
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I just start working with my water (Cleveland, Ohio) to bring out the best of my beers. I will be doing a Dunkel Lager and I want the malt to really shine with that one.
Brewing Water:
Ca: 37
Mg: 10
Na: 15
HCO3: 128
SO4: 30
Cl: 20
pH: 7.5
CaCO3: 86
Per my adjustment so far using Bru'n Water (Brown Malty), my add-in's are just a little Calcium Chloride (0.4g mash, 0.5g sparge) and Phosphoric acid in mash and sparge. This will be for a 5.5 gallon batch. This will get me a target of approximately:
Ca: 44
Mg: 10
Na: 15
SO4: 30
Cl: 33
Bicarb: 74
Estimated mash parameters
Mash pH at 5.4
Hardness: 152
Akalinity - 61
RA - 24
SO4:CL ratio - 0.92
Grain Bill
10.5lb Munich Malt
0.5lb Cara-Pils
0.35lb Carafa II
Yeast will be Wyeast 2206
Any thoughts/comments? It's pretty hard to find good Dunkel profile to use for brewing (just water profiles from Munich)... But any suggestions are welcome.
I just start working with my water (Cleveland, Ohio) to bring out the best of my beers. I will be doing a Dunkel Lager and I want the malt to really shine with that one.
Brewing Water:
Ca: 37
Mg: 10
Na: 15
HCO3: 128
SO4: 30
Cl: 20
pH: 7.5
CaCO3: 86
Per my adjustment so far using Bru'n Water (Brown Malty), my add-in's are just a little Calcium Chloride (0.4g mash, 0.5g sparge) and Phosphoric acid in mash and sparge. This will be for a 5.5 gallon batch. This will get me a target of approximately:
Ca: 44
Mg: 10
Na: 15
SO4: 30
Cl: 33
Bicarb: 74
Estimated mash parameters
Mash pH at 5.4
Hardness: 152
Akalinity - 61
RA - 24
SO4:CL ratio - 0.92
Grain Bill
10.5lb Munich Malt
0.5lb Cara-Pils
0.35lb Carafa II
Yeast will be Wyeast 2206
Any thoughts/comments? It's pretty hard to find good Dunkel profile to use for brewing (just water profiles from Munich)... But any suggestions are welcome.