The Basics of Brewing Water Chemistry | How to Determine Your Water Profile

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The Basics of Brewing Water Chemistry | How to Determine Your Water Profile

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Күн бұрын

Adding chemicals to your brewing water and messing with its chemistry for the first time can be an intimidating process at first but this video is to help break it down to a more simple level. I hope to show that it is much easier than you might think to do this, and it will take your beer from good to great. In this video I break down brewing water chemistry on a basic level, I show you how to look up your local water report, and how to design your recipe water profile based on everything earlier.
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@johnburke8337 3 жыл бұрын

I know I'm coming to this video super late, but thanks for this good gentle intro. I'm trying to crack into water chemistry for mead since it seems brutally underexplored in our space, and I think this was great info. If only for Bru'n Water, I absolutely loved finding this

@kanepatching1779 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this together dude! It's obvious how much work you put into it, it's great to have it all fit together so well in one video!

@BartMink 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice and easy to follow guide to brewing water. Here is a helpful hint, so you don't have to stir all the salts into a very full kettle. Grab a mason jar, dip it into the warm water, add salts to jar and put on lid. Shake vigorously and dump in kettle while lightly stirring. This method seems to work much better for me and dissolved the salts without so much effort.

@TheApartmentBrewer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's a great tip, thanks for sharing!

@4wdAdventure 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video. Has helped me endlessly with explaining basic water profiles and how I can improve my brew days and overall beer quality. Legend!

@peterbampton-clare2844 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Made total sense and I have been able to work out my water profile and the adjustments I need to make for the common styles I brew. Thanks for the video!

@mitchmason8386 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I been racking my brains trying to understand this. I’m a crane operator not a chemist but love home brewing just now diving into the water portion of the program after a few years of brewing. This makes a lot of sense thank you for putting it in layman terms!

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm really glad you found it useful, cheers!

@batking911 3 жыл бұрын

This is great! By far the most comprehensive and easy to follow guide on water chemistry I’ve seen. Am going to give it a go on my next brew. Nice job! :)

@vikramjitsingh4538 4 жыл бұрын

with this video, uve definitely covered the required basics for mashing in to adjust your mash ph.........cheers again.....

@noodle845 3 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect video. Easy to understand and follow. I've got most of the stuff and will be attempting it on my next one. Interested to see how it goes

@1over137 12 күн бұрын

A lot of the water processing done by your local supply will involve ADDING bacteria. It's partly a bio-chemical process. So the chlorine is partly added to kill those off.

@ISAYWORDS1 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful as an entry point to water chemistry!

@gazhugs 3 жыл бұрын

Really good, easy to understand well put together instruction video on adjustments in brewing water, very well done...

@cheersbrother-beertalk2576 3 жыл бұрын

This is super insightful!

@thomasfrank1227 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thank you. I learned from your video. Appreciate it.

@smntsn 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Tito's car fuel in background ;) Happy brewing :)

@DarwinsBeerReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Beer pH is generally 4.0-5.0.* Fantastic breakdown. Water is one of my weaknesses and you did a great job breaking this all down!

@bumpy-isms 5 жыл бұрын

Nice breakdown of creating your ultimate brewing water Cheers Steve

@TheApartmentBrewer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I actually recorded this before we met up and after trying out that lamotte kit you sent, I realized that my local water profile had actually changed, and that kit was great for dialing in the extra stuff. Thanks again for sending that over, cheers!

@januszkszczotek8587 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, nice video, but you should skip the background music on such theoretic topics.

@jimg9630 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, thank you

@unnuked Жыл бұрын

Im just wondering if you do end up using a charcoal filter wouldn't that make the water report pretty useless afterwards? It's probably going to take out some minerals right?

@charlespartak2435 Ай бұрын

My little town ( Grant Alabama)water is only analyzed annually in April. I dont know how many stations or networks of who knows how old piping it goes through from its source ( TN River/Lake Guntersville) through the treatment system, before it exits my taps. I do know every sunday the clorine level is remarkably higher . So, i dont trust a one time April test result. What water test kit would you suggest . Link to a product welcome. Thanks. Keep up the great vids. Btw, i noticed your Ommegang shirt so i found a pack of the saison and tried it, never had one before but i thought it was quite enjoyable.

@altaibskt1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@jtherriault7358 3 жыл бұрын

This video helped a ton thanks

@Blackmark52 3 жыл бұрын

ooops, I was looking for "messing with brewing water chemistry" for coffee.

@siricharoen609 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@msirdiak Жыл бұрын

Great video. Sorry if I'm late to the party, but just wondering if you do anything to adjust the sparge water pH. I'm going to start adjusting my water chem on my next brew. Plan is to use distilled water, add the salts to all the water, then pump off the sparge water to another container. Just wondering if there's another step I should take with the sparge water, can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere.

@brewraja9863 3 жыл бұрын

That's why I was searching for

@michaelcooney7687 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video... further down the rabbit hole we go...🤣🤣🤣

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@chriscamarillo8914 5 жыл бұрын

Well done. Thanks for the video.

@TheApartmentBrewer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidguzman1063 Жыл бұрын

Phosphoric acid or lactic acid ? I read about lactic acid having a distinct smell and taste ; what do you prefer/use?

@RHBronco 3 жыл бұрын

I see you over there on the pH scale, pumpkin spice latte.

@michaelotto4247 2 жыл бұрын

Do you adjust the sparge water as well?

@StagArmslower 4 жыл бұрын

What do you think about 5.2 Mash pH Stabilizer, does it easy the process to match water to particular brew? Great videos, love all of them, thanks for posting them

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

Good question, I've never actually used it but I've heard mixed results. I'm considering using it though since my current water profile is very unfriendly to dark beers

@StagArmslower 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer I'm in same situation; I checked local water report and was trying to calculate my chemical addition and couldn't bring water to correct style, there was always too much Cl- or SO4 ions. I could adjust PH farely well but the rest was off

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

How much was too much? The ratio is really the important part

@christiankotheimer7751 2 жыл бұрын

So what do I need to add to the water if I just start with distilled water? I know with the calculators you pick the beer profile and it gives a recommended range however is there just a blanket rule of thumb for what to add to distilled water for average brewing.

@tman9338 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Very eye opening for my ongoing IPA journey. Just used fridge filter for the 1st time to remove chlorine. What a difference. So u treat strike and sparge water? Just increased from 10-20 gal. batches. BTW. Do u use hop spider for Hazy,s ?

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Yes I do treat both mash and sparge water, it is important for a lot of styles and especially hazies. I do use a hop spider in all my brews since I chill with a plate chiller now and I dont want to clog it with hop matter. If you're worried about not getting the most out of your whirlpool with the spider, just increase the amount of hops!

@tman9338 4 жыл бұрын

TheApartmentBrewer Any idea the % of hop increase when using hop spider?? I’m assuming you want to maintain the ratios with blended hops???

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

@@tman9338 if I had to guess, maybe 10-15% more

@tman9338 4 жыл бұрын

TheApartmentBrewer Thanks for your input

@StoneyardVineyards 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers to great beers

@TheApartmentBrewer 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Mine have definitely been getting better since changing the water profile!

@noodle845 3 жыл бұрын

The calculator I'm using says to add 8.6 grams of gypsum for the mash, and then once I've finished sparging to add another 7.2 grams of gypsum along with 2.1 grams of table salt and 6.3 grams of epsom salt. Does it actually matter when you add all this stuff? Or will putting ALL the gypsum in the mash kind of ruin things?

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I've always just added everything before mashing in and that's worked fine for me

@clintonbrownfield6707 4 жыл бұрын

I started brewing in April, 2020, a covid19 lockdown perk. I've completed 6 batches so far, 4 more not ready for drinking. My brother told me, after having my most recent brew, Nut Brown Ale, that he finds all of my beers to have a similar taste. Something that stands out for all of them, despite tasting good. I've been using kits so far, though I want to move on to all grain. Would you think that the water profile is what is causing this overpower/standout taste to my beers? They have been various styles from Ales, Shandy, IPA, Stout. Enjoy your channel! Good info for a new brewer. Thanks!

@TheApartmentBrewer 4 жыл бұрын

Thats a good observation and its very good to have an honest taster to let you know these things. This could be the result of two things, one of which absolutely could be your base water. The other possible thing could be the character of extract, if you are using that. I have found most extract beers I've brewed and/or tasted have had a background flavor that is similar, but some people are more sensitive to it than others. Glad you're enjoying the channel!

@jonmo2694 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a recipe of brewing salts for 5 gal of ro water? I'm making Oasis esb/ipa from tallgrass ( they discontinued it) but I have it downloaded from Northern Brewer. I have always had a problem with my ph and brewing water. It's the hardest part of brewing. Also I just watched a video about it and they used pickling lime. Is there a basic amount you use of total salts for ipa's of some color like a bit orange?

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Typically I have always built my water profiles off of my tap water, not off RO water. But I do have a video I did on an English best bitter that was really good. Should be similar enough to get the job done. If you want to, feel free to steal the water profile from that one! As far as pickling lime goes, I'm sorry but I've never used it so I can't speak to it

@jonmo2694 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer Thanks for the reply, I just winged it like usual. Added 1.2 tsp gypsum .5 calcium chloride .4 baking soda, .4 calcium carbonate and .25 tsp of pink hymalayin salt maybe 1/8. Skipped the pickling lime and couldn't find food grade Epsom. Do you think this is reasonable? I'm a modest brew in bag kitchen 3 gal Brewer. Converted to 3 gal keg/ co2 V's bottling after hundred brews.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

So I typically will weigh out all of my brewing salts instead of just measuring them in volume. So I'm not 100% sure what the conversion is for each salts in volume vs weight, since they have different molecular weights. I am curious to know how this would turn out though, please let us know!

@geoffvandermerwe6220 3 жыл бұрын

Hey bro! If you dont mind I have my water quality report but I'm not sure what tables to look at ? Do you perhaps have an email address that I can send you the PDF ? If you don't mind ! Thanks man !

@Frank-the-Tank-13 3 жыл бұрын

I’m trying to find where to go to get my water tested

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Ward laboratories will do it wardlab.com

@undiscoveredone1 11 ай бұрын

Why the music, not helping

@andy484995 4 жыл бұрын

I did not know beer was acidic

@Duci1989 3 жыл бұрын

That also helps it stay bacteria free, and it’s also why you want to pitch enough yeast. Fermentation will lower the PH not giving infections a chance, so you want that underway as fast as possible.