Probably one of the best things you can do to take your beer to the next level is to customize the brewing water you use – and its easier than you think! Water is often overlooked in favor of other ingredients in beer, but it makes up 97% of a beer and affects all aspects of it – appearance, aroma, mouthfeel and flavor – so much so that John Palmer wrote an entire book on it! So why do we ignore it? Probably because most times it’s explained, it’s a deep dive into complicated chemistry and is never explained simply – which is what we’re going to do here. Water Chemistry can be a truly complicated and intimidating subject for novice homebrewers. I know I didn’t want to get into it at first because I thought it was extremely complicated. Well, the truth is its actually a lot easier to understand than you might think. We’re going to keep it high level here and in simple terms, but in this video I hope to help you figure out what each ion will do to your brewing water, how to develop your own water profiles, make adjustments to your brewing water and how to measure and adjust pH.
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0:00 Intro
1:25 Dealing with chlorine and chloramines
2:30 What each ion does and how much you need
6:42 What brewing salts you need
7:55 Mash pH Basics
10:27 Determining your base water profile
12:26 Walkthrough for building a water profile using Brewer’s Friend
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