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New to brewers Friend, not at all new to water adjustments / brewing. I won't get into why I made the change in software here, but I wanted to get clarification on what I see to be a major issue with this tool, and I hope I'm missing something.
Why aren't your water adjustments reflected in your recipe / brew day? I find it extremely strange after going through the water profile for your recipe and saving the record, the salt/acid additions are NOT added / reflected in the recipe in anyway. More-over, I find it very very strange you can't see a mash/spare report showing g/gal of salts and acid additions in ml/g for each either mash or sparge after making adjustments. You get a mostly useless "overall water report".
I've acidified sparge water to a target pH with lactic Acid --> Where is the amount I need to add? Its not shown in the Sparge Water Acidification or recipe.
I've acidified mash water to bring pH down --> Where is the amount I need to add? I Chose "target" pH. I get an acidulated malt equivalent at the end, but no lactic acid amounts. Again, do I have to calculate the amount (ml/gal) manually?
I've made salt adjustments to the ?? (mash? Sparge? doesn't say. Generic Salt additions) Where is my my total amount needed per gallon for mash and sparge? Do I have to make the calculations on my own? Bru'N Water makes more sense to use if I do have to the math on my own.
I like the tool overall, simple, portable, better record keeping than Beer********* (take your pick). But this is almost a deal breaker, enough to go back to excel / etc if I can't manage water in a useful way.
Link to saved water profile: https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/?id=1XYXQXZ
Why aren't your water adjustments reflected in your recipe / brew day? I find it extremely strange after going through the water profile for your recipe and saving the record, the salt/acid additions are NOT added / reflected in the recipe in anyway. More-over, I find it very very strange you can't see a mash/spare report showing g/gal of salts and acid additions in ml/g for each either mash or sparge after making adjustments. You get a mostly useless "overall water report".
I've acidified sparge water to a target pH with lactic Acid --> Where is the amount I need to add? Its not shown in the Sparge Water Acidification or recipe.
I've acidified mash water to bring pH down --> Where is the amount I need to add? I Chose "target" pH. I get an acidulated malt equivalent at the end, but no lactic acid amounts. Again, do I have to calculate the amount (ml/gal) manually?
I've made salt adjustments to the ?? (mash? Sparge? doesn't say. Generic Salt additions) Where is my my total amount needed per gallon for mash and sparge? Do I have to make the calculations on my own? Bru'N Water makes more sense to use if I do have to the math on my own.
I like the tool overall, simple, portable, better record keeping than Beer********* (take your pick). But this is almost a deal breaker, enough to go back to excel / etc if I can't manage water in a useful way.
Link to saved water profile: https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/?id=1XYXQXZ