A couple of months ago I dropped the extract and went to all grain brewing without knowing to much about it. I have learned allot along the way. I have been having problems with my beers lately because of Temp control and oversparging. I had a judge try my beer and thats what he said and after talking with him I was way over sparging. I have looked at several calculators and it seems that they don't figure out the minerals for you, but you can add how many grams of what you are adding and it will tell you what it will do to the water. Some seem to counter act each other. So If I start with RO water it has nothing in it all the minerals should be zero right?
For my dry stout I need (Ca...80, Mg...19, Na...1.0, HCo3...164, So4...5.0 and Cl...1.0). I just got these numbers off of one of the calculators. How do I get my minerals right to achieve my target? Do I just plug in numbers until I get it close? Am I doing this right. I want to learn how to adjust my water for style of beer. I am asking for promash and grain for fathers day, so I hope to have this figured out by then. Thanks for the help.
For my dry stout I need (Ca...80, Mg...19, Na...1.0, HCo3...164, So4...5.0 and Cl...1.0). I just got these numbers off of one of the calculators. How do I get my minerals right to achieve my target? Do I just plug in numbers until I get it close? Am I doing this right. I want to learn how to adjust my water for style of beer. I am asking for promash and grain for fathers day, so I hope to have this figured out by then. Thanks for the help.
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