I'm doing a NEIPA in the morning and when i added the water profile to beer smith it shot out to add gypsum. Which I do not think is correct and it does not tell me to add any calcium chloride. I'm attaching some screen shots any help or helping me understand would be greatful
What water profile are you trying to match? First off, I am not a huge fan of the "click a button and auto calculate additions" features. I think if you instead took some time to understand your target profile, how that was different than your base water, and what minerals each salt addition added, you would understand your question: Why add Gypsum and not add Calcium Chloride?
Gypsum adds Calcium and Sulfate. Calcium Chloride adds, well, Calcium and Chloride. Your base water has Sulfate = 9* and Chloride = 89. If you are selecting a target profile with Sulfate > 9, then software will tell you to add some Sulfate (often Gypsum). If you select a target profile with Chloride of 89 or less, then software will not tell you to add Chloride.
*You need to multiply the Sulfate value on a Ward Labs report by 3 to get the value to enter into brewing software.
Given the very low levels of Calcium and Sulfate, and the elevated levels of Sodium and Chloride, this base water will be tricky to adjust for most styles. Assuming that the level of Sodium is acceptable, for an NEIPA I would likely: 1) Add enough Calcium Chloride to get my Chloride up to around 150 ppm, 2) add enough Gypsum to get my Sulfate up to 50-ish, 3) hope this gets my Calcium above 50, and 4) calculate how much acid is needed to lower the pH to 5.3 or 5.4.
