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Offline ynotbrusum

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What Brunwater setting for a Flanders Red?
« on: September 15, 2015, 05:55:37 am »
Making a batch this weekend starting with RO.  I haven't gone through Brunwater on a Flanders yet, so I thought I would ask if anyone has a favorite setting for it or an outright suggested adjustment for a Flanders Red?

I will be playing with it (Brunwater) later - I am using some flaked maize in the recipe for the first time....
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Re: What Brunwater setting for a Flanders Red?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2015, 07:55:16 am »
I would opt for whatever malty profile matches the SRM of your recipe. For sour beer I usually use the appropriate color range's balanced profile for pale to amber and malty for anything darker. Seems to work well for me. A malty profile works particularly well for this style where you want to try to keep some of the sweet malt flavors present against the acidity, oak and brett character.
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Re: What Brunwater setting for a Flanders Red?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2015, 12:32:20 pm »
+1 as well as shooting for around a 5.2 pH (measured at room temp).  This should give the beer a lower pH after the boil = lower pH (hopefully) after fermentation = better chance at souring more quickly from bacteria.