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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    The amount of additive you use depends on your grain bill. You want a mash ph of between 5.2 and 5.6. Darker grains are more acidic. I use something called EZ water calc. It's an excel file that let's you enter your grain bill and adjust water ratio and additive amounts until you hit your target...
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Palmers "how to brew" has a section on water chemistry and mash ph that finally unlocked it for me. The online version has a excel spreadsheet and a simple sheet that really makes sense. The 5.2 additive has a lot of salt, so depending on your water chemistry, it may not be a good idea. Google...
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