BamaPhil
Well-Known Member
So I've just gotten into water chemistry in the last few batches. I've been using RO water built up with gypsum, calcium chloride, and (if necessary) baking soda to hit the proper ion concentrations and pH.
Here's where I'm a bit confused, I'm about to do a Barleywine where I'll be doing a long boil to get down to my target OG. Because of the grain bill and longer (2 hour) boil I'll be using roughly twice the water for mashing and sparging than I'm used to.
Because of the higher water volume, it calls for me to use a corresponding higher amount of salts to get the right ion concentrations. Makes sense to me, but since I'm boiling down from 11.5 gallons pre-boil to 6 or so post boil, will that not drive my concentrations too high?
The spreadsheet shows them in the proper range, just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Does it use post-boil volume to approximate the concentration? I'm sure some of the ions get left behind in the grain with the water. I'm probably splitting hairs here, I'm mostly just trying to make sure I understand the way the spreadsheet works.
Thanks!
Here's where I'm a bit confused, I'm about to do a Barleywine where I'll be doing a long boil to get down to my target OG. Because of the grain bill and longer (2 hour) boil I'll be using roughly twice the water for mashing and sparging than I'm used to.
Because of the higher water volume, it calls for me to use a corresponding higher amount of salts to get the right ion concentrations. Makes sense to me, but since I'm boiling down from 11.5 gallons pre-boil to 6 or so post boil, will that not drive my concentrations too high?
The spreadsheet shows them in the proper range, just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Does it use post-boil volume to approximate the concentration? I'm sure some of the ions get left behind in the grain with the water. I'm probably splitting hairs here, I'm mostly just trying to make sure I understand the way the spreadsheet works.
Thanks!