My Water Report and what (the hell) it means to me?

Fri May 05, 2006 3:41 pm

Ok so I got the water report today and sent it to George. Now I just need someone to tell me what it means :oops:

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Get the PDF here.

Sample #1 was pre-filter and Sample #2 was (you guessed it) post-filter.

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Fri May 05, 2006 4:21 pm

Looks like to me that your water is kinda alkaline, your filter isnt doing much,your Calcium and Bicarbonate is fairly low. What does all this mean? Who the hell knows, I am a Bio geek not a Hydrologist.

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Fri May 05, 2006 4:41 pm

Wasn't I that said that filters don't do anything with dissolved minerals?

Okay, you have fairly soft water but fairly alkaline with the carbonate/bicarbonate numers that are about 1/3 of the way to Dublin water. As it is, you're suited to brew darkers beers as the CO3 will balance the acidity of the darker malts.

When brewing lighter beers, I would add about 0.5 to 1g of CaCl2 per gallon to bring the pH down. If it's a hoppy one, go ahead and use CaSO4 (Gypsum) because the SO4 will work well with the hops. You need the 50ppm of Ca for the mash to achieve a proper pH in a low carbonate water and a bit more for your water.

Water dilution with distilled water is also a good choice but you'll still need some CaCl2 or CaSO4. John Palmer's How to Brew has a great deal on easy ino at www.howtobrew.com in the all-grain section.
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