BeerSmith water V.S Palmers

[Arbe0]

I normally use BeerSmith for my water profiles. I have been looking at Palmers water styles, I have been working on a Munich Helles and see a big difference in Palmers profile and what Beer Smith shows for water. I don't know which one I should use. If I change the profile from Munich Helles to Imperial porter in Beer Smith nothing changes, but in Palmers I get to choose the Beer Style.
Here is the profiles for each.

BEER SMITH: Calcium-50-150, Magnesium-10-40, Sodium-0-150, Sulfate-50-250, Chloride-0-250, Bicarbonate-0-250

PALMERS WATER: Calcium-50-60, Magnesium-0-30, Sodium-<100, Sulfate-0-50, Chloride-50-100, Alkalinity-0-40, Residual Alkanlinity-(-)60-0

 

[kevin58]

You can create your own profiles in Beersmith. As I understand it many of them are user defined to begin with.

 

[Bullhog]

For what its worth, I highly highly recommend Bru'nWater. I have the paid version and I absolutely love it. I trust the the science behind it and the author, Martin Brungard. He has written many insightful Zymurgy articles about water, and I believe he was also the technical editor of the BAs Water book. There is a free version, try it out.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

I believe he [Martin] was also the technical editor of the BAs Water book.

A. J. deLange was also a technical editor for Water.

 

[Arbe0]

I will try Brun water.. looking at Brun water What do I pick for a Munich Helles? I chose yellow dry, is that good enough?