Brulosopher
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I've brewed many styles of beer, from light Pilsner to super dark Stout, using carbon filtered tap water. The beer I make is usually good and largely recipe dependent. Still, I see the value to manipulating my water, so I sent a sample off (pre-filtered as suggested) to Ward Labs. Within a week I received the following report:
At first glance, this looks like typical soft water to me. But all the guys in my brew club keep talking about how hard Fresno water is. We all live in different areas, but I can't imagine my neighborhood is the only one with soft water. Also, and I'm not sure it's worth much, but I do get calcification (or whatever) over time on my shower heads, faucets, etc. I heard from someone that the way Ward reports certain things may be the issue. I'm hoping someone with more knowledge on the subject might help me out, eh?
Cheers!
At first glance, this looks like typical soft water to me. But all the guys in my brew club keep talking about how hard Fresno water is. We all live in different areas, but I can't imagine my neighborhood is the only one with soft water. Also, and I'm not sure it's worth much, but I do get calcification (or whatever) over time on my shower heads, faucets, etc. I heard from someone that the way Ward reports certain things may be the issue. I'm hoping someone with more knowledge on the subject might help me out, eh?
Cheers!