Dear team:
I am working with Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator in order to have a list of the salts and phosphoric acid to add to my mash in order to meet my mash objectives, based on the expected Water Target Selection and the "Source Water" I would use in the process.
It is the "Salt Aditions" section in this calculator the one that confuses me. It seems that this section "underestimates" the proportions of the base minerals in each of the salts. For instance:
I want to reach 98ppm of Calcium in my 20.5 liters of mash water (https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/?id=J2DQ7XL).
The system validates me if I use a combination of 5.5g of Gypsum, 5.5g of Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), and 5.5g of Chalk.
In order to double check these values, I executed an exercise with Brun´s Water´s spreadsheet. With the same combination of salts, Brun´s Water´s spreadsheet tells me that in the same amount of mash water I will exceed 200ppm of calcium, way beyond what Brewer´s Friend calculator assess.
¿ Am I missing something?
Just in order to have a third approach to the calculation, someone found for me the percentages of the base ions in each of the salts. Using this information (please kindly see the attached file), I verified that the actual ppm of each ion in my mash will be closer to Brun´s Water spreadsheet than Brewer´s Friend Water Chemistry Salt Aditions section.
Your kind hints will be greatly appreciated
Best regards
Rogelio
I am working with Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator in order to have a list of the salts and phosphoric acid to add to my mash in order to meet my mash objectives, based on the expected Water Target Selection and the "Source Water" I would use in the process.
It is the "Salt Aditions" section in this calculator the one that confuses me. It seems that this section "underestimates" the proportions of the base minerals in each of the salts. For instance:
I want to reach 98ppm of Calcium in my 20.5 liters of mash water (https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/?id=J2DQ7XL).
The system validates me if I use a combination of 5.5g of Gypsum, 5.5g of Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), and 5.5g of Chalk.
In order to double check these values, I executed an exercise with Brun´s Water´s spreadsheet. With the same combination of salts, Brun´s Water´s spreadsheet tells me that in the same amount of mash water I will exceed 200ppm of calcium, way beyond what Brewer´s Friend calculator assess.
¿ Am I missing something?
Just in order to have a third approach to the calculation, someone found for me the percentages of the base ions in each of the salts. Using this information (please kindly see the attached file), I verified that the actual ppm of each ion in my mash will be closer to Brun´s Water spreadsheet than Brewer´s Friend Water Chemistry Salt Aditions section.
Your kind hints will be greatly appreciated
Best regards
Rogelio