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Are the various levels of candi syrups able to be tasted in the final product? The lighter ones like D-45, D-90 not so sure, perhaps the darker ones?

Something is definitely amiss with both calculators: Brewers Friend: 8 gal - strike | 0 gal - sparge = 2.83 ml 4 gal - strike | 4 gal - sparge = 3.64 ml Brunwater: 8 gal - strike | 0 gal - sparge = 1.0 ml 4 gal - strike | 4 gal - sparge = 0.85 ml I'm to the point where all these calculators...

Yes, see the screen shots.

The discrepancy is found in the 8 gallons of water. Do you mean 4gal for mash and 4gal for sparge? That's apparently how you ran it through Brewers Friend to end up with 3.64ml. I took it to mean 8 gallons of strike water (not 4 strike and 4 sparge) as that's how I was entering it into...

Those posts were made at pretty much the same time. Anyway, even zeroing the alkalinity in Bru n water gives only 1ml of lactic required for 8 gal. (As the screenshots above demonstrate). I'll go back and re-read and re-try - I'm probably still missing something crucial.

Hrm... something doesn't add up here... The process from AJ and z-bob both say to use 0 alkalinity water but silver_is_money says to use 100 ppm alkalinity water... when the alkalinity is set in Bru n water it also comes up with 6.2ml for 8 gal... but isn't the gist to use 0 alkalinity water as...

Thanks, I'll try Brewers Friend. Trying to do the same in Bru n water doesn't seem to match the output of your calculator, not even when selecting 100% distilled. Maybe I've input something wrong.

That is correct.

Ok, so this Brewers Friend calculator computes the volume of acid to hit the desired pH. What you say makes sense, 4ml of acid with that particular grain bill when mashed with RO/Distilled will always bring the pH to about where you set it (what about yearly grain variations?). But if you're...

Yes, this is my though also.

You'll need to select a spreadsheet (Brunwater, etc...) and lay out step by step (like my post) how you would approach the problem.

I'm not sure that Bru'n water works that way. It requires you to select the amount of acid/alkalinity to reach the target pH. It doesn't do that for you.

The benefits of this procedure are not clear to me, it seems to short circuit some calculations in the spreadsheet, but this is how I understand it: 1a.) Measure the pH of your water (if not known) 2a.) Measure the alkalinity of your water (if not known) 3a.) Use the sparge calculator of your...

The problem lies in the logic in the Grain Bill Input sheet. When entering my grain bill I zero out the quantity and color columns which seems to cause the errors. There seems to be a feeble attempt at making this work by having a default value of 1lb for the first grain and some color values...

Using Excel 2010. I'll just forget about it for now, seems too much trouble.

Those tabs have not been modified, only using the grain bill and water modification tabs from a fresh download of the sheet.

Using MS Excel. The error occurs even when changing the salt additions to 0 or any other value.

Any ideas on how to resolve these errors?

Trying to use v1.21 of Brunwater but getting divide by 0 errors (sample information entered):

With all of the technology and information there is a loss in recipe (ingredients/process) to achieve some of the same effects. A change in process can accomplish some if not all of the same. With this recipe, the base grains would be mashed (perhaps even with the calcium salts), the roasted...