Water Chemistry

Hey everyone, I have been home brewing for a while but I want to take the next step with water chemistry. Up until now I’ve been using ph 5.2 buffering solution. I just got a ph meter and discovered my well water ph is 7.3 which is pretty good, although a friend of mine in the commercial brewing industry told me adjusting ph is just part of the battle, and understanding and adjusting other minerals like calcium, potassium, sodium and magnesium are also important for mastering conversion in the mashing process. I would like to have a proper water analysis done on my well water, but I’m sure it’s profile varies as the seasons change and to do numerous tests through the course of the year could prove to be costly. I’ve been reading about titration tests, and I suppose that’s an option, but I wouldn’t consider myself a real chemistry buff so I don’t know if this is my best option. Any recommendations? Thanks

 

I don't know anything about titration tests. I know that when I first got into water chemistry I went to brewing with distilled water and built up the water from there using Bru'n Water. I eventually got sick of going to the store and buying 15 single gallon jugs of distilled and went to a 100gpd reverse osmosis system.

Not sure how much you're looking to spend, if any. It sounds like you don't want to go the route of testing your water. You want to continue using your well water or are you willing to switch to distilled/RO?