Hello, I am dipping my smelly toes into adjusting my water, and let me tell you, for someone who last took chemistry many, many moons ago it has been a struggle.
I dumped my recipe into the EZ water calculator for the AHS Anniversary Blonde I plan on brewing this weekend. The values it spits out at me are Calcium 101, Magnesium 18, Sodium 10, Chloride 25, Sulfate 31, Chloride to Sulfate ratio .81 and PH 5.51. Since my last two beers have been a bit more bitter than I like, I would like to raise the Chloride to Sulfate ratio a bit. On the easy water calculator, it allows for adjustments using non iodized salt, which would allow me to raise my ratio to 1.0 without affecting anything else.
So after that set up, the question is can I just use kosher salt to make that adjustment or do I need to drive to the LHBS?
Thanks in advance.
I dumped my recipe into the EZ water calculator for the AHS Anniversary Blonde I plan on brewing this weekend. The values it spits out at me are Calcium 101, Magnesium 18, Sodium 10, Chloride 25, Sulfate 31, Chloride to Sulfate ratio .81 and PH 5.51. Since my last two beers have been a bit more bitter than I like, I would like to raise the Chloride to Sulfate ratio a bit. On the easy water calculator, it allows for adjustments using non iodized salt, which would allow me to raise my ratio to 1.0 without affecting anything else.
So after that set up, the question is can I just use kosher salt to make that adjustment or do I need to drive to the LHBS?
Thanks in advance.