Help!!! Brewing beer and need calcium carbonate! Troy, Michigan

[TrollBrewer]

Hey all! I'm an idiot!! I am currently brewing a Belgian quad and ran out of calcium carbonate (chalk). Is there anyone near Troy/Rochester Hills, Michigan that has some that I can come buy??? Go figure I decide to brew this on the day all the local shops are closed.… Thanks!!

 

[aeviaanah]

Hey all! I'm an idiot!! I am currently brewing a Belgian quad and ran out of calcium carbonate (chalk). Is there anyone near Troy/Rochester Hills, Michigan that has some that I can come buy??? Go figure I decide to brew this on the day all the local shops are closed.… Thanks!!

Next time just grind up some egg shells

 

[day_trippr]

Grind up some TUMS...

Active Ingredients (per tablet): Calcium Carbonate USP 750mg.

Actually, no grinding necessary

Cheers!

 

[FswBG]

Oh man just saw this. I'm in Royal Oak and gave some for you. Pm me if you still need any.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

calcium carbonate (chalk)

Everything I read says that Chalk is terrible for raising pH. It is hard to dissolve in water and takes 20 minutes or so to impact the pH. Baking Soda seems common (if your base Sodium is not too high to start with) and Pickling Lime seems like a good choice and easy to obtain. I would think that the pH for a typical Belgian Quad would be fine, even if using RO water (unless there is something I am missing)...so hopefully your beer turns out fine.

 

[fun4stuff]

Yeah

Everything I read says that Chalk is terrible for raising pH. It is hard to dissolve in water and takes 20 minutes or so to impact the pH. Baking Soda seems common (if your base Sodium is not too high to start with) and Pickling Lime seems like a good choice and easy to obtain. I would think that the pH for a typical Belgian Quad would be fine, even if using RO water (unless there is something I am missing)...so hopefully your beer turns out fine.

Yeah, you never want to use chalk. Hopefully OP doesn’t find any.