4/1/2023 0 Comments Water tools beersmith![]() ![]() I used 10 kg pilsner malt and 50L Melbourne water as base +/- CaSO4. So I was excited when BS3 came out with a water adjustment section and predicted mash pH: no more double entry! However I have found BS3 to over estimate my unadjusted mash pH and over estimate the acid additions required to lower a mash pH to the desired range. I have also used Eziwater and found it be also very predictive of actual mash pH. So as I discussed on another thread I have used Brun Water for years and found it to be very predictive of my measured mash pH. Beersmith doesn't automatically add sparge acids when adding mash acids so again, I left it as-is. That can probably be changed but it's the automatic calculation that we're testing here. Bru'n Water recommended a phosphoric acid addition in the sparge by default, when adding it to the mash. The resulting sodium projections were low in BF 4ppm, so a recommended addition would have been ideal, but there doesn't appear to be a field in the BF water calculator for adding salt - or am I missing something? BS & Bru'n both recommended salt additions. Calcium Chloride additions differed by the same margin in comparison to BF - both were lower, around half Both Beersmith and Bru'n Water suggested more Gypsum in comparison to BF to achieve the same sulfate/calcium levels The same profile and target pH of 5.35 was achieved in Beersmith and Bru'n Water by manually adding minerals.īrewfather recipe: /xXpuUVFOMKvVyOīeersmith file attached (the BeerXML file)īru'n Water file also attached (xlsx file) The Brewfather automatic water addition calculator was added to recommend these values. Target profile was the "Hoppy" water profile Gotcha - recipe run thru Brewfather this time as the base for comparison. The Brewfather recipe is at /uNLkTa54C2OzoR It's also possible I missed a variable so please, if you have some time, check through my work and call out any inconsistencies.ĭata comparison sheet, Bru'n Water spreadsheet, and the two Beersmith BeerXML files (manually entered Bru'n dosages and automatically calculated dosages) are attached. Estimations of mash pH varied wildly between the tools and I'm interested to hear thoughts on what could've caused this. Each had the mineral additions recommended by Bru'n Water which I used as a base for the other tools. Each had the same source water profile plugged into them (Canberra water). 4.5kg of Pilsner malt, 17L mash, 23.71L sparge. Brewfather (Manually entered Bru'n recommended dosages) Beersmith (Manually entered Bru'n recommended dosages) I've run a test recipe through each of the following tools It's time to run some numbers on the various tools to figure out where the truth lies. I and others were always a bit surprised when BS calculated Baking Soda & Chalk additions where the resulting estimated mash pH was higher than recommended value ie over 5.5 (to paraphrase manticle, "why bring the mash pH down only to bring it back up again?"). ↳ Alaska, Hawaii & Other U.S.There's a fair bit of speculation regarding the accuracy of some brewing tools, namely Beersmith, in other threads here.Hope the frozen pipe situation thaws itself out!!!! And the pipe doesn't burst, and you get to brew. So.in a nutshell, even though the well water might make good beer, you might be able to make really good beer starting from the spring water and adjusting it to hit a profile. And it also resulted in a silver metal in the American Pale Ale category. What I thought was good beer, all of a sudden became really good beer. ![]() Then I had my water tested and found that my water was terrible for making beer, so I started adjusting my water. I was consistently getting comments from the judges that the beer was harsh and astringent. I used my tap water for quite some time and thought I was making pretty good beer. I agree, if it doesn't link to the recipe, it's kind of useless, and that's why I use EZ Water. When I open up the water profile tool, it looks like it opens up a new window, and it runs independent of the recipe. ![]() I don't think BeerSmith takes the grain bill into account. I'll have to find the Tasty's Hoppy Profile, I haven't seen that one before. ![]()
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