massination
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Newbie AG brewer here, and learning about matching water profiles. Specifically in Beersmith Water Calculator Tool, you can set a base profile (such as distilled) and target profile (such as Dortmund, Germany), and have it tell you the mineral additions needed. What I'm not sure about, is suppose my starting PH was 7.0 and Target Water Profile PH was say 7.8. Does adding all of those mineral additions end up matching the PH as well? I assume things like baking soda are changing PH some. I ask mainly because I am about to brew a couple batches and dont have a PH meter yet. Beersmith estimates Mash PH, I believe based upon starting PH/water profile, and your grain bill. And it has a calculator to estimate the amount of Acid addition to hit a target Mash PH of 5.2. From what I have heard, its pretty accurate. But I dont know if my starting PH is accurate, as in, is my starting PH 7.0 or 7.8?. Any advise is much appreciated!