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Heading there next month. Got any recommendations?

Yes - that is exactly how you do it. Plug the gravity into a calculator and it will give you the concentration. Enter the concentration into your preferred water calculator.

Make a CaCl2 solution and keep in the fridge. Then you do not need to worry about the water absorbtion.

Which maltster for the Optic?

I hope so. I think one of the difficulties with the change is adding another event to GABF will put upward price pressure on hotel rooms and on airline fares. I'm extremely doubtful I would attend and I know a number of my friends would be in the same posture. I do not believe this was well...

What do you find the 2 hour mash provides to the final beer?

There are so many breweries making so many styles, some people just naturally opt not to spend 5 hours or so brewing, then managing fermentation, packaging and dispense. Also many of those breweries were started by people who were passionate homebrewers that went pro.

I use this for my British beers https://www.murphyandson.co.uk/resources/technical-articles/water-water-everywhere/

83 is mash efficiency?

Roger Protz, Martyn Cornell, Pete Brown, Johnny Garrett and many others are knowledgeable sources for British beer.

That's what I meant by what makes the world go round. Everybody's taste is different.

What makes the world go round. https://www.brunwater.com/articles/brewers-dont-be-afraid-of-sulfate

I use the Murphy and Sons water profile for bitter adjusted to my local water. Cl 144 S04 295 Ca 187

Agreed. Just did a Golden Ale with Harlequin and am enjoying it immensley

Pretty much the foundation of my bitter recipe http://brewlocal.blogspot.com/2009/09/dann-paquettes-guidelines-for-proper.html?m=1

https://www.murphyandson.co.uk/resources/technical-articles/water-water-everywhere/ I

Beauty of homebrewing is you get to do what you want to do.

I have zero problems with people doing what suits them - merely expressing my philosophy

I always enjoy these little back and forths between home brewers. I long ago came to terms with this basic truth - my ingredients are not identical to the ingredients used historically nor are they identical to ingredients used by brewers who have the leverage to specify custom malting...

Full pack of each yeast?