Slaked lime (pickling lime) will dissolve easily and do the job as advertised. But that is if it is pure (or nearly so) calcium hydroxide. It may be contaminated with, or over time revert to, calcium carbonate (chalk,) which of course is insoluble under normal conditions and will do nothing for you. You can easily test your lime. Take a small sample and put a couple of drops of acid (lactic, phosphoric, whatever is on hand in your brewery) on it. If it bubbles at all, it is at least partly chalk. No bubbles, it's good. Luckily, it's as cheap to replace as it is easy to test.m, especially this time of year when all the canning supplies are in season at Walmart. I've never had a bad bag of Mrs. Wage's (I think that's the name?) from there. But I do test often to be sure.