Bicarbonate of soda

[stubrewworx]

Is this ok to use for water treatment?

 

[RichardM]

Yes

 

[An Ankoù]

Why?

 

[RichardM]

Why?

It unusual, but to raise the pH if you have a dark beer with roasted grains

 

[foxy]

It unusual, but to raise the pH if you have a dark beer with roasted grains

Don't mash your specialty grains, that way you only need to treat the water for the base malts/adjuncts. Keeps water treatment fairly constant and simple.

 

[stubrewworx]

Don't mash your specialty grains, that way you only need to treat the water for the base malts/adjuncts. Keeps water treatment fairly constant and simple.

Yeah I might just do that. I like to keep things simple.