paddyporter
Member
hello everyone im paddy and im from ireland and im doing my first all-grain this week. im doing a dry irish stout since i drink guinness when im out. ive a good few kits and a couple of partial mashes under my belt and feeling reasonable confident except when it comes to water. heres some information i gleamed from my local council as written
hardness 254 mg/l
hardness ca 270 mg/l
sodium 14 mg/l
sulfate .59 mg/l
ph 7.5
there was no magnesium or bicarbonate or calcium. unless they are used in the hardness somehow, maybe someone more knowing could clear that up please
as far as i know the hardness suits a stout and might not be a bad thing.
is there anything from that information you would recommend i do for my water? heres the recipe so you know what effect the grains will have on ph
maris otter
roasted barley
flaked barley
acid malt
hope this makes sense to you guys and if there is anything else you want to know just ask and ill do my best to find out, and heres a link for my local water analysis if you care to look my local district is newcastle west
also if you decide to look in the link there are two parameters to narrow down on the left hand side namely,water type-drinking public water supplies and scheme-newcastle west
http://www.lcc.ie/waterworks/
hardness 254 mg/l
hardness ca 270 mg/l
sodium 14 mg/l
sulfate .59 mg/l
ph 7.5
there was no magnesium or bicarbonate or calcium. unless they are used in the hardness somehow, maybe someone more knowing could clear that up please
as far as i know the hardness suits a stout and might not be a bad thing.
is there anything from that information you would recommend i do for my water? heres the recipe so you know what effect the grains will have on ph
maris otter
roasted barley
flaked barley
acid malt
hope this makes sense to you guys and if there is anything else you want to know just ask and ill do my best to find out, and heres a link for my local water analysis if you care to look my local district is newcastle west
also if you decide to look in the link there are two parameters to narrow down on the left hand side namely,water type-drinking public water supplies and scheme-newcastle west
http://www.lcc.ie/waterworks/