frettfreak
Well-Known Member
So i have started to get into adjusting my water more. Still readin about it and learning but think i know enough to start now.
I have my water report from ward labs. inputted all the info into the sheet. and started stepping through all the pages.I was doing a pale and targeted a profile of "yellow balanced". I diluted my tap water with 50% RO water to bring down some ion concentrations, and built up from there. Part of my calculations was adding 1ml of lactic acid to the mash.
Once i mashed in, i let it set for a couple minutes and grabbed a sample to test PH (i have the HI 9813-6 meter from hannah, was calibrated correctly) and it came out at 4.9. I waited a little longer and tested again with the same result. The strange part is, i tested this BEFORE i put the acid in (which would have made ph go down even more) so i never even put hte acid into the mash.
Mashed with 6.15 gallons of water and sparged with 3.72
Here is the water report:
Here is a link to the brun water sheet in my google drive:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zGvxprg-oaQSMbFtNuW-OtVeT82rBBzbSmNyPvzPtIo/edit?usp=sharing
what other information Would anyone need from me to point me in the direction of what i am doing wrong?
I have my water report from ward labs. inputted all the info into the sheet. and started stepping through all the pages.I was doing a pale and targeted a profile of "yellow balanced". I diluted my tap water with 50% RO water to bring down some ion concentrations, and built up from there. Part of my calculations was adding 1ml of lactic acid to the mash.
Once i mashed in, i let it set for a couple minutes and grabbed a sample to test PH (i have the HI 9813-6 meter from hannah, was calibrated correctly) and it came out at 4.9. I waited a little longer and tested again with the same result. The strange part is, i tested this BEFORE i put the acid in (which would have made ph go down even more) so i never even put hte acid into the mash.
Code:
Here is the malts i used:
Pale (3.5srm) 7 lbs
golden promise 7 lbs
1lbs 4 oz c40
8oz honey malt
Mashed with 6.15 gallons of water and sparged with 3.72
Here is the water report:
Code:
pH 8.1
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 317
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.53
Cations / Anions, me/L 5.0 / 4.6
ppm
Sodium, Na 64
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 34
Magnesium, Mg 5
Total Hardness, CaCO3 106
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.8 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 23
Chloride, Cl 58
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 87
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 73
Total Phosphorus, P 0.04
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
Here is a link to the brun water sheet in my google drive:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zGvxprg-oaQSMbFtNuW-OtVeT82rBBzbSmNyPvzPtIo/edit?usp=sharing
what other information Would anyone need from me to point me in the direction of what i am doing wrong?