Just listening to the Brew Strong show on water analysis right now. I notice that my Calcium is way too low. But the total hardness on my report isn't too bad. Palmer says you can estimate that you have a calcium:magnesium ratio of 3:1 or 4:1 and determine the calcium from that. Eg 50ppm total hardness = 10 magnesium and 40 calcium assuming 4:1. Here's my water report
Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) - 48.9 mg/L
Total Hardness (as CaCO3) - 54.5 mg/L
Chloride ------------------- 1.07 mg/L
Sulfate -------------------- 8.0 mg/L
Calcium -------------------- 16.9 mg/L
Magnesium ----------------- 3.0 mg/L
I have been struggling a bit with cloudy beer, so it's possibly my calcium is so low that I'm not getting proper flocculation. I'm going to get some salts and adjust my calcium. But I'm wondering why the hardness correlation that Palmer gives, doesn't seem to match up here.
Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) - 48.9 mg/L
Total Hardness (as CaCO3) - 54.5 mg/L
Chloride ------------------- 1.07 mg/L
Sulfate -------------------- 8.0 mg/L
Calcium -------------------- 16.9 mg/L
Magnesium ----------------- 3.0 mg/L
I have been struggling a bit with cloudy beer, so it's possibly my calcium is so low that I'm not getting proper flocculation. I'm going to get some salts and adjust my calcium. But I'm wondering why the hardness correlation that Palmer gives, doesn't seem to match up here.