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#1 armagh

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Posted 16 February 2013 - 11:32 AM

pH 7.9TDS 190Sodium 4Potassium <1Calcium 45Magnesium 12Total Hardness 163Sulfate 2Chloride 6Carbonate <1Bicarbonate 185Total Alkalinity 152Phosphorus 0.49Iron 0.01Apparently I need to be adding a lot of bicarbonate to be more accurate with the Franco-Belgian styles that I often make. Question is are there any styles for which this water is well suited with minimal additions?

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Posted 16 February 2013 - 11:41 AM

Amber Ale?

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Posted 16 February 2013 - 12:28 PM

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 02:55 PM

Apparently I need to be adding a lot of bicarbonate to be more accurate with the Franco-Belgian styles that I often make.

Where did you get that from? There's already a lot of bicarb in your water. I'd recommend going the other way and either reducing bicarb or adding calcium chloride especially for pale ones like saisons, tripels and BGSAs..

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 03:11 PM

Where did you get that from? There's already a lot of bicarb in your water. I'd recommend going the other way and either reducing bicarb or adding calcium chloride especially for pale ones like saisons, tripels and BGSAs..

Yep. That's about twice the bicarb I have and I need to do a 50% distilled dilution for pils, tripel, etc.

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 03:36 PM

Where did you get that from? There's already a lot of bicarb in your water. I'd recommend going the other way and either reducing bicarb or adding calcium chloride especially for pale ones like saisons, tripels and BGSAs..

Maybe I'm misreading Farmhouse Ales water tables?

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 08:40 PM

At the top of p. 154 it says that most brewers in the region treat their water with lactic acid. I don't see the point of adding salts to the water only to have to treat it with acid. Note that the water profile is provided for reference. Nowhere does the book actually recommend duplicating that profile. Also on p. 159 it suggests that you might want to consider adding sulfate (gypsum) to the water to counteract the bicarbonates when brewing saisons.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 03:10 PM

At the top of p. 154 it says that most brewers in the region treat their water with lactic acid. I don't see the point of adding salts to the water only to have to treat it with acid. Note that the water profile is provided for reference. Nowhere does the book actually recommend duplicating that profile. Also on p. 159 it suggests that you might want to consider adding sulfate (gypsum) to the water to counteract the bicarbonates when brewing saisons.

So you're saying I got no chance of winning the Ken Lenard Trophy this year?

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 11:20 AM

So you're saying I got no chance of winning the Ken Lenard Trophy this year?

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