LooyvilleLarry
Well-Known Member
I think I have learned more in the past 2 weeks than I did with 2 years of chemistry!
I am trying to modify my Louisville water to match the common Burton-On-Trent profile using BrewWater. We have decent water here .
This is the first time that I have attempted to modify water, other than adding some 5.2 buffer.
The beers that I am preparing this for are an APA, IPA, and a Blonde.
Does this look fairly close to target?
What should be done with the sparge water?
So this is what I have come up with :
Volume Treated:
5.000 gallons
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Water Ion Profiles (ppm):
Water Ca SO4 Mg Na Cl CO3 Hrdns Alk'y
Target 268 638 62 30 36 141 NA NA
Results 259 658 61 30 47 143 898 186
Your Water 47 59 12 30 47 78 165 78
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Error between Target and Resulting waters = 13% rms
Acidification:
About 58.8 ml 10.00% phosphoric acid is required to
adjust pH from 8.33 (186 ppm alk'y) to 5.70
Check actual water pH before adding acid,
and add acid slowly while monitoring pH.
Salt Additions:
9.420 g. Epsom Salt
2.039 g. Chalk
13.750 g. Gypsum
I am trying to modify my Louisville water to match the common Burton-On-Trent profile using BrewWater. We have decent water here .
This is the first time that I have attempted to modify water, other than adding some 5.2 buffer.
The beers that I am preparing this for are an APA, IPA, and a Blonde.
Does this look fairly close to target?
What should be done with the sparge water?
So this is what I have come up with :
Volume Treated:
5.000 gallons
====================================================================
Water Ion Profiles (ppm):
Water Ca SO4 Mg Na Cl CO3 Hrdns Alk'y
Target 268 638 62 30 36 141 NA NA
Results 259 658 61 30 47 143 898 186
Your Water 47 59 12 30 47 78 165 78
====================================================================
Error between Target and Resulting waters = 13% rms
Acidification:
About 58.8 ml 10.00% phosphoric acid is required to
adjust pH from 8.33 (186 ppm alk'y) to 5.70
Check actual water pH before adding acid,
and add acid slowly while monitoring pH.
Salt Additions:
9.420 g. Epsom Salt
2.039 g. Chalk
13.750 g. Gypsum