How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
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How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
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#2Imagine my surprise when I clicked the "a mineral water calculator" link and my browser downloaded an Excel spreadsheet. It'd be cool to port this to the web.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#3Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#4Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
Why before?
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#5Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
Why before?
The salt will act as a nucleation site, pulling all the CO2 out of the water before it dissolves.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#6Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
Why before?
I imagine to prevent the salts from providing surface area to allow the carbon dioxide to nucleate and create bubbles. At least that is my thought on why.
You could experiment with pouring some salt into something carbonated. I believe it would bubble more vigorously than before.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#7Imagine my surprise when I clicked the "a mineral water calculator" link and my browser downloaded an Excel spreadsheet. It'd be cool to port this to the web.
There are a few online. Just search for homebrewing water chemistry calculators.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#8Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
It just won't be the same without San Pel's bubbly sweet kick of uranium, not safe for children under two years of age.
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#9Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
I grew up not far from Burton-on-Trent and never realised the significance of the water to the brewing industry. In hindsight it's obvious, but I guess, I never really thought about it.
Anyway, found this nice write up [1] on the history of the town.
[1] http://allaboutbeer.com/article/burton-on-trent%E2%80%94the-...
Re: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)
#10Burton salts (as used for homebrewing, to match the mineral content of the water of Burton-on-Trent: https://www.morebeer.com/products/burton-salts-brewing-1-lb.... ) are a pretty close match to San Pellegrino at 1.2g/L. You want the salts to be dissolved in the water before carbonating it. And of course, this might not work well if you have highly mineralized tap water to start with.
It just won't be the same without San Pel's bubbly sweet kick of uranium, not safe for children under two years of age.
I just happened to have a bottle of San Pellegrino and a Radalert 100 radiation monitor.
Background radiation is about 15 cpm on average, and right next to the bottle was in the same range.
Doesn't appear that there is any danger.