Water question American Brown Ale

[jbhistory]

This week I have been listening to and reading various blogs and articles on water quality and profiles. It should be noted that I failed chemistry.... twice, and only passed the third time because I cheated (my karma is coming); therefore try as I might I am at a loss of making heads or tails of water profiles. I typically brew with spring water, simply because I have never bothered messing with water, but I want to start; so I was hoping someone could look at an example and give me guidance.

I am brewing an American Brown Ale, I am trying to keep the IBU's around 30, so I am not going to be aggressively hoping. The SRM is going to be slightly higher than most ABR at 32. I live in Columbus and the following is my water profile:


Ca 31
Mg 10
HCO3 34
SO4 59
Na 15
Cl 25

Hardness 118

I know I need my profile to be around

Ca: 60-120
Mg: 10-15
Na: 10-20
SO4: 75-150
Cl: 40-65
HCO3: 30-60

What would be the easiest way to do this?

Thanks for the help

 

[mabrungard]

It looks like a simple addition of gypsum for calcium and sulfate would be enough.

 

[khawk95]

You don't need an understanding of chemistry to use this calc. Plug and chug. http://www.brewersfriend.com/water-chemistry/


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