Bretto77
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Hi all,
starting to have a go at brewing salts additions to adjust my water to take my brewing to the next level. Beersmith2 makes this process very easy, and does all the maths and chem for me. I have heard a few people on this forum say that rainwater is pretty close to 0 as far as mineral additions, can I therefore treat it as if its distilled water or is this unwise? I have rural rainwater free of city polution. Have heard that rainwater tends to be acidic, what would be in it that makes it that way? I realise asking whats in rainwater is probably like asking how long is a piece of string, but a ball park idea would be fine. Your thoughts would be appreciated water chemisty gurus.
Also was wondering if its just as important to adjust sparge water as well as mash water? I tend to do BIAB with 25L mash and a 15L sparge water (which I realise is not true BIAB). I add additions to both the two cubes the night before (disolving it seems to be a bit tricky) also noticed if the water gets to hot i.e. sparge water gets to boil and needs to cool it precipitates out. Thoughts on this would be great also.
Cheers
Brett Boonah, rural SE QLD
starting to have a go at brewing salts additions to adjust my water to take my brewing to the next level. Beersmith2 makes this process very easy, and does all the maths and chem for me. I have heard a few people on this forum say that rainwater is pretty close to 0 as far as mineral additions, can I therefore treat it as if its distilled water or is this unwise? I have rural rainwater free of city polution. Have heard that rainwater tends to be acidic, what would be in it that makes it that way? I realise asking whats in rainwater is probably like asking how long is a piece of string, but a ball park idea would be fine. Your thoughts would be appreciated water chemisty gurus.
Also was wondering if its just as important to adjust sparge water as well as mash water? I tend to do BIAB with 25L mash and a 15L sparge water (which I realise is not true BIAB). I add additions to both the two cubes the night before (disolving it seems to be a bit tricky) also noticed if the water gets to hot i.e. sparge water gets to boil and needs to cool it precipitates out. Thoughts on this would be great also.
Cheers
Brett Boonah, rural SE QLD