I finally got a water report that lists what I need to know. I had to submit to Ward Lab.
PH - 8.0
ALL Components show as PPM
Sodium - 17
Potassium - 1
Calcium - 55
Magnesium - 21
Total Hardness, CACO3 - 225
Sulfate - 5
Chloride - 47
Carbonate - 3
Bicarbonate - 221
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 - 186
The one thing that I noticed right off was the low amount of sulfate. Nearly nonexistent. I'll be wanting to brew a wide range of beer styles, but the one that I'd most like to figure out would be IPAs and IIPAs.
I think I'll probably have to resort to a mixture of adding salts and using RO water depending on what style of beer I want to make. I've got a lot of reading to do to figure out how to apply this report to my brewing.
PH - 8.0
ALL Components show as PPM
Sodium - 17
Potassium - 1
Calcium - 55
Magnesium - 21
Total Hardness, CACO3 - 225
Sulfate - 5
Chloride - 47
Carbonate - 3
Bicarbonate - 221
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 - 186
The one thing that I noticed right off was the low amount of sulfate. Nearly nonexistent. I'll be wanting to brew a wide range of beer styles, but the one that I'd most like to figure out would be IPAs and IIPAs.
I think I'll probably have to resort to a mixture of adding salts and using RO water depending on what style of beer I want to make. I've got a lot of reading to do to figure out how to apply this report to my brewing.