Water Report, Crossville TN

[SpudsBrew]

Received my water report from Ward labs, seems like the water is a bit "uninteresting". For anyone else in Crossville, this is not the city water but WCUD, which is AFAIK surface water from Billy’s Branch Lake. Is beersmith a good tool to use to determine what to add? I mostly do all grain brewing of Belgians, Stouts and Ales.

pH 6.9
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 17
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.03
Cations / Anions, me/L 0.3 / 0.2

ppm
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Sodium, Na 5
Potassium, K < 1
Calcium, Ca 1.4
Magnesium, Mg < 1
Total Hardness, CaCO3 3
Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S < 1
Chloride, Cl 3
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 5
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 4
Total Phosphorus, P 0.17
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01

"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

[VikeMan]

Congrats. Your water is practically the same as distilled and you can build anything from it.

Yes, you could use beersmith to build targets, or one of many other tools. You might want to take a look at this .pdf, which is an intro to water treatment and also shows a strategy for building from distilled water (regardless of the tool used).

http://sonsofalchemy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Intro-to-Brewing-Water-Treatment.pdf

 

[SpudsBrew]

Thanks for the link to the pdf, lots of good information.

I've downloaded the spreadsheets and have been getting used to imputing the information and how it effects the water chemistry. Looks like my next batch of brew will have some new mash additions!

 

[enkamania]

That is some really nice water.