endorphine44
Well-Known Member
I just got my water report for my new house.
Its well water, I was on city water before and never paid much attention to the water quality as it was decent water and I was brewing all extract kits. I havent brewed in almost a year while we were building the house and this time I want to start into some BIAB/Partial Mash brewing instead of all extract.
So what do I need to do to my water?
Any styles that wont work very well with this water profile?
This is without a water softener on the house. Ill be adding one later, but Ill have a faucet on both sides of the softener I can pull brewing water from. Ill also have to get a new test done after the softener is in place to see what changes it makes.
Its well water, I was on city water before and never paid much attention to the water quality as it was decent water and I was brewing all extract kits. I havent brewed in almost a year while we were building the house and this time I want to start into some BIAB/Partial Mash brewing instead of all extract.
So what do I need to do to my water?
Any styles that wont work very well with this water profile?
This is without a water softener on the house. Ill be adding one later, but Ill have a faucet on both sides of the softener I can pull brewing water from. Ill also have to get a new test done after the softener is in place to see what changes it makes.
Code:
Contaminant | Results | Units | National Standards | Min. Detection Level
Inorganic Analytes Metals:
Aluminum ND mg/L 0.2 EPA Secondary 0.1
Arsenic ND mg/L 0.010 EPA Primary 0.005
Barium ND mg/L 2 EPA Primary 0.30
Cadmium ND mg/L 0.005 EPA Primary 0.002
Calcium 21.5 mg/L -- 2.0
Chromium ND mg/L 0.1 EPA Primary 0.010
Copper 0.006 mg/L 1.3 EPA Action Level 0.004
Iron 3.550 mg/L 0.3 EPA Secondary 0.020
Lead 0.006 mg/L 0.015 EPA Action Level 0.002
Magnesium 20.44 mg/L -- 0.10
Manganese 0.243 mg/L 0.05 EPA Secondary 0.004
Mercury ND mg/L 0.002 EPA Primary 0.001
Nickel ND mg/L -- 0.020
Potassium 2.3 mg/L -- 1.0
Selenium ND mg/L 0.05 EPA Primary 0.020
Silica 8.9 mg/L -- 0.1
Silver ND mg/L 0.100 EPA Secondary 0.002
Sodium 5 mg/L -- 1
Zinc 0.030 mg/L 5 EPA Secondary 0.004
Physical Factors:
Alkalinity (CaCO3) 100 mg/L -- 20
Hardness 140 mg/L 100 NTL Internal 10
pH 6.5 pH Units 6.5 to 8.5 EPA Secondary
Total Dissolved Solids 160 mg/L 500 EPA Secondary 20
Turbidity 2.5 NTU 1.0 EPA Action Level 0.1
Inorganic Analytes Other:
Chloride 15.0 mg/L 250 EPA Secondary 5.0
Fluoride ND mg/L 4.0 EPA Primary 0.5
Nitrate as N ND mg/L 10 EPA Primary 0.5
Nitrite as N ND mg/L 1 EPA Primary 0.5
Ortho Phosphate ND mg/L -- 2.0
Sulfate 19.0 mg/L 250 EPA Secondary 5.0