Using Beersmith Water Profiles

[SiHoltye]

Hello,

Am I using this right?


...and these are the additions for 20 litres as set?


Thanks for any help.

[orlando]

I have BS2 but haven't used its water profiles as I think Graham Wheelers water calculator on here is a little more sophisticated than BS's. As long as the numbers in the top row accurately reflect your water composition at home then it looks fine to me but I would urge you to have a look at GW's (look on this site under calculators) just to check against first.

[SiHoltye]

I use Graham's, I was surprised with and wanted to try and understand better the differences between the two. What is it that makes the Beersmith one less sophisticated than Graham's?

The ultimate end for me being I'm brewing a belgian pale ale on Monday and noticed Beersmith's Antwerp water profile and thought that would be more authenic if emulated it rather than selecting perhaps 'bitter' from Grahams. I don't won't to get into a discussion on what constitutes an ordinary bitter/best bitter/ pale ale/dry pale ale 'cos feel we'd be here all night defining beers into styles. Suffice to say I'd chosen the middle of the road 'bitter' profile for this belgian pale, again though, I'm only assuming that's around the pale ale area without being sweet or dry particularly.

[orlando]

Agh, yes, for different styles like Belgian then BS2 does do that better than GW's which resticts itself considerably. When I saw the graphic I assumed it was a question about British beers. With you on discussions about styles. As for the differences between BS2 and GW's a read of GW's comprehensive notes should suffice.

[boingy]

I have tried to use BS2 water profiles but I'm not entirely sure I got it right. I couldn't find any support for CRS so I calculated CRS additions separately then use the BS2 water profile tool for the rest of the adjustments.