timcunnell
Regular.
Right - following my other thread on stuff that's made your beer better, I reckon my main things to focus on are decent liquid yeasts and water chemistry.
Now, the water chemistry stuff looks very interesting. Very interesting indeed! I've just downloaded the water chemistry info for my area from the Angian Water website, and I've plugged this info into the water chemistry calculator on here. The output is very intriguing!
Some of you may have read another thread I started on here regarding my recent brew of a "Fursty Ferret" clone - which hasn't turned out to be as malty as it should be. I wonder if my water explains the answer?!
I've selected "light colored and malty" as my target profile, but the "sulphate : chloride ratio" is saying "highly bitter"! All I can see is that my Cl is very low (I assume this is chloride) which is 0.6 average according to my water report. If I change this to 95 this then changes the sulphate : chloride ratio to "malty".
So adding 2tsps of calcium chloride in 30 litres is all I need!?
Now, the water chemistry stuff looks very interesting. Very interesting indeed! I've just downloaded the water chemistry info for my area from the Angian Water website, and I've plugged this info into the water chemistry calculator on here. The output is very intriguing!
Some of you may have read another thread I started on here regarding my recent brew of a "Fursty Ferret" clone - which hasn't turned out to be as malty as it should be. I wonder if my water explains the answer?!
I've selected "light colored and malty" as my target profile, but the "sulphate : chloride ratio" is saying "highly bitter"! All I can see is that my Cl is very low (I assume this is chloride) which is 0.6 average according to my water report. If I change this to 95 this then changes the sulphate : chloride ratio to "malty".
So adding 2tsps of calcium chloride in 30 litres is all I need!?