12,587
edits
Sulfate: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
(→Beer) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
Brewers may wish to add sulfate to the brewing water in the form of [[calcium sulfate]] or [[magnesium sulfate]], depending on whether calcium or magnesium are desired. Sulfate is also a product of the [[sulfite|metabisulfite salts]] used for [[low oxygen brewing]]. | Brewers may wish to add sulfate to the brewing water in the form of [[calcium sulfate]] or [[magnesium sulfate]], depending on whether calcium or magnesium are desired. Sulfate is also a product of the [[sulfite|metabisulfite salts]] used for [[low oxygen brewing]]. | ||
High sulfate levels and dark beers are "not particularly a good marriage". The effects are a drying and astringent finish.<ref name=fix>Fix, George. ''Principles of Brewing Science.'' 2nd ed., Brewers Publications, 1999.</ref> | |||
===Wine=== | ===Wine=== | ||