Water additions in braumeister...

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Water additions in braumeister...

Post by Brewedout » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:09 pm

If you do full volume mashing in a braumeister, do you need to add all the calcium sulphate and chloride? If you do what about the boil as this needs enough present too doesn't it?

Can anyone knowledgeable clarify here?

In 38l of liquor GWs calculator suggests 8.49g CaSO4, 4.6g CaCl2.

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Re: Water additions in braumeister...

Post by Rhodesy » Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:19 pm

I full volume mash in my BM. I make my additions when mashing in. Interested also to hear others views on this.

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Post by IPA » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:05 am

All the additions in the mash according to the volume of liquor and treat the sparge liquor the same.
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Re: Water additions in braumeister...

Post by Brewedout » Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:23 pm

Thanks for the info, went with the sparging method this morning. I have done full volume mashing previously but wasn't sure about salts in the boil.

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Re: Water additions in braumeister...

Post by Aleman » Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:31 am

Brewedout wrote:
Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:23 pm
Thanks for the info, went with the sparging method this morning. I have done full volume mashing previously but wasn't sure about salts in the boil.
All the salts in all the liquor as I'm filling the BM ... Job done.

Actually that's not strictly true, Partially fill the BM and add 2/3 of any required acid for alkalinity reduction, fill BM to required volume, measure alkalinity and add final acids for alkalinity reduction, start heating, after 5 to 10 minutes add ALL required calcium sulphate stir, add calcium chloride, stir ... Job done.

If I'm using the sparge method, I wait till it's at mash temp, and then take of the sparge liquor into a insulated container, before adding the grist.

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Re: Water additions in braumeister...

Post by Brewedout » Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:00 pm

Aleman wrote:
Brewedout wrote:
Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:23 pm
Thanks for the info, went with the sparging method this morning. I have done full volume mashing previously but wasn't sure about salts in the boil.
All the salts in all the liquor as I'm filling the BM ... Job done.

Actually that's not strictly true, Partially fill the BM and add 2/3 of any required acid for alkalinity reduction, fill BM to required volume, measure alkalinity and add final acids for alkalinity reduction, start heating, after 5 to 10 minutes add ALL required calcium sulphate stir, add calcium chloride, stir ... Job done.

If I'm using the sparge method, I wait till it's at mash temp, and then take of the sparge liquor into a insulated container, before adding the grist.
Thanks Aleman, this is nice and clear.

What gave me some uncertainty was from a distant memory when I started brewing where GWs Brew Your Own... mentioned adding additional salts to the boil.

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