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[Big Nake]

Good thing in my case is, my unadjusted water has ~65 ppm sulfate, so I'm expecting to get a bit of crispness, but i definitely needed some chloride to keep the sulfate from becoming overbearing.

Yeah, in that case you're good. When you envision a dark, malty beer that is already low on hops, a big shot of chloride with nothing to balance it may lean things too far in one direction. I used some of that experience when I made my first dunkel last year and the balance was good. It still leaned toward chloride but the hint of sulfate helped with balance.