[John M]

Hey All, longtime brewer, once very sharp on most things brewing, but took a 3 year hiatus. Dove back into it recently, and a little rusty.. In Bru'nwater, I added the amount of minerals shown in the "Water Adjustment" tab (i.e. gram/gal), rather than the "Adjustment Summary" tab. In other words, I only added approximately 1/5 of the amount of Gypsum and Cal Chloride I should've.

Used 100% RO water. Only added .25 grams Gypsum, and .25 grams Cal Chloride. Seemed low at the time, but I was under the gun on time.. pH was adjusted correctly, thank goodness.

Wondering if it's a good idea to boil the rest of the minerals in say a half cup of water, chill, and add to the fermenter (which is probably 75% done)? Or possibly wait til fermentation is done? 

[denny]

Hey All, longtime brewer, once very sharp on most things brewing, but took a 3 year hiatus. Dove back into it recently, and a little rusty.. In Bru'nwater, I added the amount of minerals shown in the "Water Adjustment" tab (i.e. gram/gal), rather than the "Adjustment Summary" tab. In other words, I only added approximately 1/5 of the amount of Gypsum and Cal Chloride I should've.

Used 100% RO water. Only added .25 grams Gypsum, and .25 grams Cal Chloride. Seemed low at the time, but I was under the gun on time.. pH was adjusted correctly, thank goodness.

Wondering if it's a good idea to boil the rest of the minerals in say a half cup of water, chill, and add to the fermenter (which is probably 75% done)? Or possibly wait til fermentation is done?

Given what you forgot, and the fact that they can even be added post fermentation, I think you'd be fine to add them to the fermenter. I don't see any need to boil them.

[John M]

Thanks Denny!

[neuse]

Hey All, longtime brewer, once very sharp on most things brewing, but took a 3 year hiatus. Dove back into it recently, and a little rusty.. In Bru'nwater, I added the amount of minerals shown in the "Water Adjustment" tab (i.e. gram/gal), rather than the "Adjustment Summary" tab. In other words, I only added approximately 1/5 of the amount of Gypsum and Cal Chloride I should've.

Used 100% RO water. Only added .25 grams Gypsum, and .25 grams Cal Chloride. Seemed low at the time, but I was under the gun on time.. pH was adjusted correctly, thank goodness.

Wondering if it's a good idea to boil the rest of the minerals in say a half cup of water, chill, and add to the fermenter (which is probably 75% done)? Or possibly wait til fermentation is done?

Given what you forgot, and the fact that they can even be added post fermentation, I think you'd be fine to add them to the fermenter. I don't see any need to boil them.

I've even added salts in the glass for a taste test with different levels. (It's a little tricky dosing a glass with the tiny amounts.)

[denny]

Hey All, longtime brewer, once very sharp on most things brewing, but took a 3 year hiatus. Dove back into it recently, and a little rusty.. In Bru'nwater, I added the amount of minerals shown in the "Water Adjustment" tab (i.e. gram/gal), rather than the "Adjustment Summary" tab. In other words, I only added approximately 1/5 of the amount of Gypsum and Cal Chloride I should've.

Used 100% RO water. Only added .25 grams Gypsum, and .25 grams Cal Chloride. Seemed low at the time, but I was under the gun on time.. pH was adjusted correctly, thank goodness.

Wondering if it's a good idea to boil the rest of the minerals in say a half cup of water, chill, and add to the fermenter (which is probably 75% done)? Or possibly wait til fermentation is done?

Given what you forgot, and the fact that they can even be added post fermentation, I think you'd be fine to add them to the fermenter. I don't see any need to boil them.

I've even added salts in the glass for a taste test with different levels. (It's a little tricky dosing a glass with the tiny amounts.)

Same here

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Hey All, longtime brewer, once very sharp on most things brewing, but took a 3 year hiatus. Dove back into it recently, and a little rusty.. In Bru'nwater, I added the amount of minerals shown in the "Water Adjustment" tab (i.e. gram/gal), rather than the "Adjustment Summary" tab. In other words, I only added approximately 1/5 of the amount of Gypsum and Cal Chloride I should've.

Used 100% RO water. Only added .25 grams Gypsum, and .25 grams Cal Chloride. Seemed low at the time, but I was under the gun on time.. pH was adjusted correctly, thank goodness.

Wondering if it's a good idea to boil the rest of the minerals in say a half cup of water, chill, and add to the fermenter (which is probably 75% done)? Or possibly wait til fermentation is done?

Given what you forgot, and the fact that they can even be added post fermentation, I think you'd be fine to add them to the fermenter. I don't see any need to boil them.

I've even added salts in the glass for a taste test with different levels. (It's a little tricky dosing a glass with the tiny amounts.)

I have done this (add CaCl and/or CaS04 in the glass) a couple of times to adjust an extract-based recipe. Rather than adding the salts directly, I created a concentrated solution.  I would a tablespoon (or teaspoon) of the solution, then taste the result.  In the end, the revised recipes came out better (and not over-mineralized).

If there's interest, I can go through my brew day notes and post the process.

[John M]

Thanks BrewnWKopperKat. I think based on the consensus of responses, I'm going to add the remainder of the salts at packaging. I am confident in Brun'water, just didn't use it correctly jumping back in the saddle. I really appreciate everyone's kind responses.

[chinaski]

In the spirit of learning, maybe you'd consider bottling some without the salts to see what the impacts are?  Just a thought.

[John M]

In the spirit of learning, maybe you'd consider bottling some without the salts to see what the impacts are?  Just a thought.

Great idea! Thanks

[mabrungard]

Definitely no problem with adding those missing salts sometime after the mash, including after fermentation. The only downside I see is that the actual mash pH was probably a few tenths higher than you targeted.

[John M]

Definitely no problem with adding those missing salts sometime after the mash, including after fermentation. The only downside I see is that the actual mash pH was probably a few tenths higher than you targeted.

Thanks Martin!