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Offline nickcw

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Water Profile Red IPA
« on: January 20, 2018, 08:38:29 am »
I am looking for any opinions on a water profile for a red IPA as I start from RO

Thanks for the help

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Re: Water Profile Red IPA
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2018, 09:15:58 am »
Do you use Bru'n Water?  I just started using it to build from RO, and it really is an amazing tool.  Contains lots of profiles to start from and makes it easy to design mash and sparge builds and predict pH.   If you haven't tried it, get the free version from the Bru'n Water website and start there! (It's an Excel spreadsheet, and I run it successfully on the Excel app for Android if you don't have a PC.)
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Re: Water Profile Red IPA
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2018, 12:49:10 pm »
Given that the BJCP guidelines call for a dry to medium dry finish, the Pale Ale profile in Bru’n Water may be suited. If you haven’t used that profile previously, you might consider backing the sulfate down to about 200 ppm.
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Offline nickcw

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Re: Water Profile Red IPA
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2018, 01:30:32 pm »
Thanks for the input,  I will look at both points