Water Flashcards
1
Q
What is Calcium Chloride?
A
Table Salt
2
Q
What does High Chloride do to beer?
A
Makes it rounder, fuller, accentuates the hops
3
Q
What is Calcium Sulfate?
A
Gypsum
4
Q
What does Calcium Sulfate do to beer?
A
Makes beer drier crisper, accentuates the hops
5
Q
What is the positive role of Calcium?
A
- The enzyme Alpha amylase need it to break starches into sugars
- Yeast require it to flocculate
- Helps acidify the mash
6
Q
What is Calcium Carbonate?
A
Limestone
7
Q
Where do you find high Calcium Carbonate?
A
Munich, Germany and Dublin, Ireland
8
Q
What does high levels of Calcium Carbonate do to beer?
A
- Makes beer darker in color
- Reduces the amount of extract from malt
- Alters hop flavors - bitterness, astringent
- Slighly alkaline - high PH
9
Q
Historically, what did brewers use to mitigate high Calcium Carbonate?
A
They used Acidic, Dark Malts to bring down the Ph
10
Q
What style of beer is influenced by Calcium Carbonate?
A
Munich Dunkel and Irish Stout
