DonGavlar
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Hi guys,
Would be great if someone could help me dial in what exactly went wrong so that I can amend it for next time.
So today was my first time building my own water profile.
Thanks
Would be great if someone could help me dial in what exactly went wrong so that I can amend it for next time.
So today was my first time building my own water profile.
- Seeing as I'm using 100% RO water I skipped the first tab (water profile)
- I also left the second tab as the defaults (Sparge Acidification)
- I input my exact grain bill into the Grain Bill tab including the actual SRM.
- I then selected the Yellow Balanced profile and matched the numbers best I could. I selected 100% dilution with RO water and my Mash/Sparge/Total Batch volumes.
- My pH was still a little high so I went back and added 4oz of acid malt to the bill.
- I was then given a estimate mash pH of 5.38 which I was happy with so went ahead with the brew.
- It told me to add 1.4g Gyps, 1.9g calcium chloride and 1.4g Epsom to the mash. So I heated my mash water, added the salts, mixed them to dissolve fully and then added the water to the mash, gave it a thorough stir and then took samples at both 10 and 30 mins.
- Both samples gave me a pH of 5.6, quite a bit off 5.38.
- I carried on and then added the amount it told me to the sparge water, sparged and went on with the boil.
- My pH meter is brand new, not a cheap one and been calibrated by 3 points.
- I have supposedly high accuracy scales, they measure to 0.01 of a gram. So I don't think I added the wrong amounts of salts.
- I definitely added 4oz of acid malt and also double checked over my grain bill.
Thanks