Bamberg Water Profile?

[barn...@ureach.com]

I'm planning to brew a few batches of Rauch Marzen - attempting to
clone the Rauchbiers of Bamberg. I cannot find a water analysis -
anyone know of one? The closest my brew books list are Vienna and
Munich - both of which are very different.

Thanks,

Roger Barnaby

"The knowledge paradigm - the more we learn, the less we know"

[John Heubel]

I checked my sources but Bamberg wasn't one of the ones I had. However, as
you're doing a Rauch on a Maerzen base you'll be fine if you use a
Munich-style water profile. As long as you don't have very high Sulfates or
a real high carbonate level it'll be good. The one Rauchbier I brewed while
in Germany was with water softened through a Brita filter which brought my
Speicher water from ~ 180ppm to 30ppm TDS. Turned out great.

--
John Heubel
Frederick, MD
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[barn...@ureach.com]

I came across this analysis from a search.
Looks like a lot! of sulfate & bicarbonate to me.

Roger

Water Profile: Bamburg, Germany
Profile known for: Classic Rauchbier e.g. Aecht Schlenkarla Rauchbier

Calcium (Ca): 106.0 ppm
Magnesium (Mg): 50.0 ppm
Sodium (Na): 28.0 ppm
Sulfate (SO4): 241.0 ppm
Chloride (Cl): 40.0 ppm
biCarbonate (HCO3): 281.0 ppm

pH: 8.34

[barn...@ureach.com]

[Bill Crisafulli]

This looks like a ProMash readout...did you find a place where there are a
lot of ProMash profiles? There are only about 10-12 in the software as
shipped, I would love to find a more comprehensive database...

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[barn...@ureach.com]

I found it at http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi
Brews & Views

If it is a ProMash readout, I am not sure how much reliablility that I
can attach to it.

It would be great to find a web site with water profiles from cities
other than the same 10 or so that every source lists

Roger