Calcium Chloride | Food Grade

Fine-Tune Your Brewing Water with Food-Grade Calcium Chloride

Calcium Chloride is an essential water treatment additive for homebrewers, providing a straightforward way to enhance your water chemistry. It is often used in place of gypsum when sulfates are not desired, making it ideal for brewing styles where a smoother, more malt-forward flavor profile is preferred. Calcium Chloride works by increasing calcium and chloride levels, resulting in better clarity, enhanced malt sweetness, and improved mash efficiency.

In addition to adjusting water chemistry, Calcium Chloride will lower your mash pH, improving enzymatic activityand creating a more stable brewing environment. It's a crucial tool in balancing the sulfate-to-chloride ratio, particularly in styles that emphasize malt over hop bitterness, such as lagers, porters, and pale ales.

How It Works:

• Adding 1 gram of Calcium Chloride per gallon of water changes the salt levels by 72 ppm calcium, 127.5 ppm chloride, and adds 180 ppm hardness. This balance will help bring out sweetness in malt-forward beers without contributing to bitterness.

Key Benefits:

• Replaces Gypsum: Ideal for brewers who want to increase calcium without adding sulfates.
• Mash pH Control: Lowers mash pH, improving enzymatic activity and fermentation stability.
• Improves Water Hardness: Enhances hardness, adding body and improving clarity in the final product.
• Food-Grade Quality: This is anhydrous, food-grade Calcium Chloride, perfect for safe use in brewing.

Applications Beyond Brewing:

Calcium Chloride is also widely used in cheesemaking to improve the firmness of curds and enhance calcium levels.

Recommended Usage:

• 1 gram per gallon is a common dosage, but we recommend using a water profile calculator to dial in your specific brewing needs based on the style of beer you're brewing.

Freshness and Packaging:

Each bag of Calcium Chloride is securely packaged to ensure freshness and potency for multiple brewing sessions. Available in 2 oz and 1 lb sizes to suit your brewing needs.

Perfect For:

• Brewers balancing sulfate-to-chloride ratios
• Lager and pale ale styles, where malt sweetness is a priority
• Cheesemakers enhancing calcium content for curd formation

Key Specifications:

• Form: Fine powder
• Sizes: 2 oz and 1 lb bags
• Application: Water chemistry adjustment for brewing and cheesemaking