Adding water additions 36 hours before brewing?

[Rob2010SS]

Brewing a NEIPA this weekend. Because of the batch size, I have to add 6.5 gallons of water to my HLT after I start the mash to make sure I have enough sparge water. I have collected 7 gallons of RO water in individual gallon jugs.

Can I add the necessary per gallon water additions to each jug a day or 2 in advance of brewing? Is there any negative side to that? I won't be adding the minerals to the 20gal in the HLT until brew day.

 

[mongoose33]

I don't see why not. The only thing I'd be concerned with is A) that some of those additions dissolve better in warmer water, so make it so, and B) that when I was adding water from those jugs I'd add about half then switch the water in the jug to ensure I didn't leave any mineral sediment behind.

 

[Rob2010SS]

I don't see why not. The only thing I'd be concerned with is A) that some of those additions dissolve better in warmer water, so make it so, and B) that when I was adding water from those jugs I'd add about half then switch the water in the jug to ensure I didn't leave any mineral sediment behind.

Yeah I think we're on the same page. I thought that they might not dissolve in the jugs but like you said, pour half the gallon, swish the jug around to stir up the minerals and dump the rest. Thanks man!

 

[RPh_Guy]

some of those additions dissolve better in warmer water

What dissolves better in warm water?

 

[myndflyte]

What dissolves better in warm water?

Pretty much any solid addition.

 

[markcurry]

Pretty much any solid addition.

Common brewing additions: Calcium carbonate (chalk) and gypsum (calcium sulfate) are both more soluble in colder water.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Can I add the necessary per gallon water additions to each jug a day or 2 in advance of brewing? Is there any negative side to that?

Dissolve ALL of the salts in a few ounces of water and then add it to just ONE jug.
Work smart not hard.

Whether you want to heat it or not, it's probably fine either way in my opinion. All of the salts should be readily soluble.

 

[Rob2010SS]

Dissolve ALL of the salts in a few ounces of water and then add it to just ONE jug.
Work smart not hard.

Whether you want to heat it or not, it's probably fine either way in my opinion. All of the salts should be readily soluble.

Ha. I came to that conclusion myself also. I tried to measure out the individual per gallon amounts and it was quite tedious. I decided I would do just that - take the amount for 6 gallons and add to one jug