I'm planning to brew a west coast IPA with the "Pale Ale" profile in Bru'n water
I typically don't go this heavy on minerals, but want to give it a go.
My NYC water is very soft (similar to RO). Usually I need to add a decent amount of acid malt (4oz to 6oz per 5g) to lower PH to 5.3 (with lower mineral additions)
Base malt is mainly Pale Ale malt (3L) with a small addition of crystal 10.
Bru'n water is telling me PH will hit 5.3 purely from salt additions. I'm adding a combination of gypsum, cacl, nacl, and Epsom salt to hit the profile (with gypsum as heaviest addition)
Does it make sense that salts alone would lower PH this much and I therefore could forgo my normal acid malt addition?
I typically don't go this heavy on minerals, but want to give it a go.
My NYC water is very soft (similar to RO). Usually I need to add a decent amount of acid malt (4oz to 6oz per 5g) to lower PH to 5.3 (with lower mineral additions)
Base malt is mainly Pale Ale malt (3L) with a small addition of crystal 10.
Bru'n water is telling me PH will hit 5.3 purely from salt additions. I'm adding a combination of gypsum, cacl, nacl, and Epsom salt to hit the profile (with gypsum as heaviest addition)
Does it make sense that salts alone would lower PH this much and I therefore could forgo my normal acid malt addition?