My NEIPA water profile.

[Gravelscratcher]

I'm putting together a NEIPA recipe, and setting up a water profile.
My set up is: No Sparge BIAB - 5 gallons. Strike quantity is: 7.85 gallons, based on 1 gallon boil off, and .125 gallons/lb of grain, in addition to the standard 5 gallons (15 gallon kettle).
My base water is 100% distilled.
Wanted to get opinions on what I'm doing:
Here's the water profile:

Here's the grain bill:

 

[Gravelscratcher]

Here's the recipe.

 

[Gravelscratcher]

water additions I have are:
Gypsum, Calcium Chloride, Baking Soda, Epsom Salt, and Lactic Acid.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Get rid of the baking soda. Your mash pH is too high, and it is not needed. It is contributing to your high mash pH.

 

[Big Monk]

Get rid of the baking soda. Your mash pH is too high, and it is not needed. It is contributing to your high mash pH.

^^^^
This.

People should not be adding Baking Soda unless alkalinity is needed.

 

[Gravelscratcher]

I thought the PH seemed high, that's why I'm asking.
I'm new to Bru'n Water. I actually thought the brown cell color, on the PH cell, was good/ideal.
Green color in the cell makes sense of course, but I thought that I read it was supposed to be brown for some reason.

 

[Gravelscratcher]

Ok, here it is, w/o the baking soda...there's no bicarbonate. Does that matter?

 

[Cavpilot2000]

You should probably bump up the CaCl. An NEIPA should have probably around 150 or so Chloride. Also, your pH could be a tad lower. 5.4 should be max. Additional CaCl will drop the pH adequately.

Re: bicarbonate: you don't need any.

 

[Gravelscratcher]

Ok...how about this?:

 

[Gravelscratcher]

Actually this may be better

 

[Gravelscratcher]

Sorry, I missed the Chloride at 150 note.
I adjusted bumped that up w/ CaCl2 and some salt.
How's this one look?
Sorry to be such a noob, but I'm just getting into water chemistry.
This recipe is expensive, so I don't want to blow it w/ my water being off target, and screw it all up.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

Sorry, I missed the Chloride at 150 note.
I adjusted bumped that up w/ CaCl2 and some salt.
How's this one look?
Sorry to be such a noob, but I'm just getting into water chemistry.
This recipe is expensive, so I don't want to blow it w/ my water being off target, and screw it all up.

That looks pretty good! I'd go with that.
Report back the results!

 

[Grateful Dan]

How did this turn out? I will be brewing a neipa tomorrow and it will be my first time building my water from distilled.

 

[tieflyer]

how was it?