Adjusting Water Chemistry

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davebl

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Alright, I plan to brew an IPA this week. I used my water report and the EZ Water Adjustment site to start screwing with the numbers.

My beer, an IPA has an IBU of of 64, OG of 1.064 (1:1 BU:GU ratio) and an SRM of 9.6 using Daniels to calculate.

Looking at the screen shot of what it spit out, does 4 grams of chalk and epsom salts in the mash (or 3.1 of each in the boil) sound fine?

Which would be better additions, mash or boil? Where do you get chalk for brewing?

What's the best calculator for color: Mosher, Daniels, or Morey with respect to brewing water calculations?


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It looks good but I'd probably also add a gram each of gypsum and NaCl because I don't like having extremely low Na AND Cl at the same time. The gypsum will add more SO4 to keep the Cl:SO4 ratio equivalent.
 
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