Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Brewing Water: A Practical Approach
Brewing Water: A Practical Approach will teach you the basic information you need to evaluate your water and make the adjustments needed to brew the best beer possible.
5 chapters · 23 lessons
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Brewing Water: A Practical Approach will teach you the basic information you need to evaluate your water and make the adjustments needed to brew the best beer possible.
Your instructor
Dave Carpenter
Contributing Editor, CBB Magazine
Course contents
5 chapters, 23 lessons
Chapter 1
Welcome
- Welcome
Chapter 2
WHY WATER MATTERS
- Hold on a minute: Do I need to bother with water chemistry?
- Water Quality
- Mash Chemistry
- Flavor
Chapter 3
BREWING WATER BASICS
- What exactly is water anyway?
- Ionic order
- pH
- Yeah, but what does pH have to do with ions?
- Meet the cations (pronounced "cat eye ons")
- Meet the anions (pronounced "an eye ons")
- Calcium and bicarbonate
Chapter 4
PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE
- The approach
- Water reports
- What if my water's no good?
- Measuring mash pH
- Mash water additions
- Other acidification measures
- Flavor adjustment
- How much do I add?
- A word on chlorine
Chapter 5
CONCLUSION
- Additional resources
- Thank You!
What students say
5.0 from 3 reviews
Where every brewer should start. Provides a generalized introduction to brewing water. Covers many basic water elements and applies those elements for an easier understanding how water effects your final product. Cheers!
Excellent intro to a very complex topic. What I like about this course is its succinct breakdown of various minerals in water and their effect on things like flavour and characteristics of beer. Thanks!
A solid introduction to the key components of brewing water.