Mexibilly
Mexibilly
Being an all grain novice, and having not received my home water analysis from my friend and industrial cooling water rep yet, I have a question for brew day this Saturday.
I entered 0 across the board for my local grocery available RO water at Brewers Friend. I know it's not 0, but from my research for most practical purposes 0 will work for RO.
I'm brewing a DIPA. Brewers Friend tells me 2.5 tsp gypsum, 1tsp calcium chloride, and a slight sprinkle of non-iodized salt and baking soda.
The bottles I just received from LHBS are labeled '1tsp gypsum per 5 gallons' and '1 tsp calcium chloride per 5 gallons'.
I understand that the ~11 gallons total water in this beer don't necessarily represent the 5 gallons noted on the bottle.
I've seen posts that advise 1tsp gypsum as the goto addition.
I'm inclined to add the salts as the Brewers Friend water calculator specifies, but I really don't want to screw up a whole batch...
18lb pale 2row
.5lb crystal 120
.5lb crystal 20
.5lb carapils
Hop schedule is medium bitter addition and heavy late.
Any advice is totally appreciated.
A lack of advice will result in either halving the Brewers Friend additions or adding as it advises based on a totally neutral base profile...
Thank you
I entered 0 across the board for my local grocery available RO water at Brewers Friend. I know it's not 0, but from my research for most practical purposes 0 will work for RO.
I'm brewing a DIPA. Brewers Friend tells me 2.5 tsp gypsum, 1tsp calcium chloride, and a slight sprinkle of non-iodized salt and baking soda.
The bottles I just received from LHBS are labeled '1tsp gypsum per 5 gallons' and '1 tsp calcium chloride per 5 gallons'.
I understand that the ~11 gallons total water in this beer don't necessarily represent the 5 gallons noted on the bottle.
I've seen posts that advise 1tsp gypsum as the goto addition.
I'm inclined to add the salts as the Brewers Friend water calculator specifies, but I really don't want to screw up a whole batch...
18lb pale 2row
.5lb crystal 120
.5lb crystal 20
.5lb carapils
Hop schedule is medium bitter addition and heavy late.
Any advice is totally appreciated.
A lack of advice will result in either halving the Brewers Friend additions or adding as it advises based on a totally neutral base profile...
Thank you