NEIPA water profile and Brewfather

[hoppyscotty]

Finalising the recipe for a NEIPA for this weekends brewery. I'm just getting more into water adjustments and so far have been blindly following Brewfather suggested additions against my own water profile. However thought I'd delve a bit deeper in with this beer. It seems fo NEIPA's the water profile should have a Sulphate to Chloride ratio of 1:3 however the Brewfather 'Hoppy NEIPA' target profile results in a 'balanced' Sulphate to Chloride profile. So I created my own custom target profile based upon a NEIPIA profile giving a 1:3 ratio and when I plug all that into Brewfather it says the resultant water is 'very full or malty' which is the opposite from what I was expecting.

What's going on here? am I using and interpreting the tool correctly?

I've attached the Brewfather screen shot that shows my tap water profile and the customised NEIPIA proile if that helps.

Thanks.

 

[Brew_DD2]

The very full/malty is classically what a chloride-heavy profile would be used for. Just think of full as mouthfeel. Your 3:1 Chloride:Sulphate should be spot on.

 

[hoppyscotty]

Ahh, I guess I was expecting it to say something referring to enhancing hop aromas or something. Just me being thick! Thanks.

 

[stripeyjoe]

That’s caught me out before, you think it would have a hop forward profile but it’s the opposite!