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pachuquin17:
Hi! when i add salts to my mash an HLT i always dissolve all of those in a little jar with hot water but gypsum is always very hard to dissolve. It always forms little rocks and i am afraid that it does not contribute enough sulfate and calcium to the mash....

Do you have a better way to dissolve gypsum?

thanks!

majorvices:
The lower pH of the mash should dissolve the gypsum and other salts better than the high pH of the water. I would recommend adding the salts to the mash, not the HLT.

hopfenundmalz:

--- Quote from: pachuquin17 on February 05, 2013, 12:24:00 PM ---Hi! when i add salts to my mash an HLT i always dissolve all of those in a little jar with hot water but gypsum is always very hard to dissolve. It always forms little rocks and i am afraid that it does not contribute enough sulfate and calcium to the mash....

Do you have a better way to dissolve gypsum?

thanks!

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Gypsum dissolves more readily in cold water.
Somewhere in here or on the main page, or in howtobrew.com chapter 15.
https://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/water-knowledge

mabrungard:
Rocks?  Gypsum is fairly soluble.  But I agree that it takes time to fully dissolve.  I note that even when you add gypsum to cold beer to check if it benefits from additional sulfate, it takes time.  I add my gypsum to my brewing water in the HLT and that too "takes time". 

The 'Rocks' thing is quite odd.  My gypsum is a fine powder and it never agglomerates into little rocks. Is this a brewing product or something else?   

pachuquin17:
just guessing if i am using the correct gypsum....is there a "food grade" gypsum? i am using the one that is used for construction...

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