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I did a beer today, Galaxy Delight by Dennis King.
The grist was:
Marris otter (6.0 EBC): 4.6kg
Light Maris otter (3.0 EBC): 0.35kg
Vienna (9.0 EBC): 0.3kg
Aromatic (50 EBC): 0.1kg
I brew on a Braumeister 20L set up so mashed in with 30L treated water (Gypsum, calcium chloride and Epsom salts).
I ran my water details (my water is very soft water, RO like) through Bru’n water and with the appropriate salt additions I expected a mash pH of 5.37.
I use an Extech ph110 meter for pH measurement and up to now it’s not too bad. Anyway on this brew day my mash recorded a pH of 5.70 – 5.75. The meter had been calibrated with buffers at the correct temperature of 25C. The mash sample was at 20C so all the temperatures were what I was looking for.
I let the brew go as previous attempts many moons ago to correct ended in disaster.
I am on spring water so I guess I cannot guarantee my water profile 100% all of the time. I have had the water properly analysed, but my point before, this may change. I check the TDS on every brew day and on this day it was what I would normally expect.
Do you guys have any advice? What do you think I will expect from this brew? A mess fit for the drain?
Should the brewing salts be added into the mash water? Added to the grist? Or added into hot water, dissolved as best and then added to the mash water?
TIA
The grist was:
Marris otter (6.0 EBC): 4.6kg
Light Maris otter (3.0 EBC): 0.35kg
Vienna (9.0 EBC): 0.3kg
Aromatic (50 EBC): 0.1kg
I brew on a Braumeister 20L set up so mashed in with 30L treated water (Gypsum, calcium chloride and Epsom salts).
I ran my water details (my water is very soft water, RO like) through Bru’n water and with the appropriate salt additions I expected a mash pH of 5.37.
I use an Extech ph110 meter for pH measurement and up to now it’s not too bad. Anyway on this brew day my mash recorded a pH of 5.70 – 5.75. The meter had been calibrated with buffers at the correct temperature of 25C. The mash sample was at 20C so all the temperatures were what I was looking for.
I let the brew go as previous attempts many moons ago to correct ended in disaster.
I am on spring water so I guess I cannot guarantee my water profile 100% all of the time. I have had the water properly analysed, but my point before, this may change. I check the TDS on every brew day and on this day it was what I would normally expect.
Do you guys have any advice? What do you think I will expect from this brew? A mess fit for the drain?
Should the brewing salts be added into the mash water? Added to the grist? Or added into hot water, dissolved as best and then added to the mash water?
TIA