I appreciate the discussion so far on this and I have one question....
I understand that the more important number you mention to look at is alkalinity but how does alkalinity relate to what we are trying to get. For instance if I am brewing a porter how does the alkalinity of my water...
Good thing I like my pale ales!
I was planning on a brew next weekend and was looking at the calculators and adding a small amount of gypsum to help bitter the brew.
I'll have to start thinking about how to modify the water since my next brew I was planning was a porter. :(
So I am on a well and got my Ward report back. No filters except sediment.
What do you think about the numbers? Anything I should be aware of?
Sodium, Na 4
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 7
Magnesium, Mg...