I am confused about something - from what I have read, one treats the entire water volume with minerals, rather than treating the final volume.
1. Other than for Ph affecting the mash properties, can one not simply add the correct amount of minerals for say 5.5 gallons (batch size + loss) at the start of the boil? Aside from the slight Ph drop, isn't the purpose of the minerals to affect taste, so it wont matter if they are added after the mash?
2. Lets say I do Brew in a Bag (BIAB) with 8 gallons of water, expecting 1 gallon of loss in the grain and a final volume of 5.5 gallons (some of which will be lost in the dead space). From what I have read, one should treat 7 gallons of water, instead of 5.5 gallons of water? Why?
Wont you end up with concentrated minerals, as the 7 gallons gets boiled down to 5.5? (1 gallon will remain trapped in the grain)
3. If you have a wider and shorter brew kettle, with a higher evaporation rate, you will need more water. If the add extra minerals for that additional water, than you will end up with a more concentrated mineral amount in your final wort volume. It doesn't seem correct that you use different amounts of minerals for different dimension kettles (though one has a bit more water) does it?
1. Other than for Ph affecting the mash properties, can one not simply add the correct amount of minerals for say 5.5 gallons (batch size + loss) at the start of the boil? Aside from the slight Ph drop, isn't the purpose of the minerals to affect taste, so it wont matter if they are added after the mash?
2. Lets say I do Brew in a Bag (BIAB) with 8 gallons of water, expecting 1 gallon of loss in the grain and a final volume of 5.5 gallons (some of which will be lost in the dead space). From what I have read, one should treat 7 gallons of water, instead of 5.5 gallons of water? Why?
Wont you end up with concentrated minerals, as the 7 gallons gets boiled down to 5.5? (1 gallon will remain trapped in the grain)
3. If you have a wider and shorter brew kettle, with a higher evaporation rate, you will need more water. If the add extra minerals for that additional water, than you will end up with a more concentrated mineral amount in your final wort volume. It doesn't seem correct that you use different amounts of minerals for different dimension kettles (though one has a bit more water) does it?