Recent content by gflore34

Hey, Go ahead and bottle it, what's the worst that can happen? Really nothing, don't give up on a brew, give it chance. As far as priming, don't worry about adding more water, follow the style carbonation guidelines use them to figure out the amount of priming sugar needed. There's some...

By the way with a light colored brew such as a Kolsch at the very least, you'll want to lower the pH of sparge water to 5.7 or so. Doing so will keep the mash pH from rising and avoid drawing off tannins. My last brew, a Blonde, ended with an astringent finish because of my lack knowlegde...

I don't mind at all, it was $26.50, much cheaper then the options I was exploring at State Labs. Pretty simple as well, took an empty plastic water bottle, rinsed it with my tap water after which I filled it, sealed it with the cap and some tape and sent it off to Ward Labs -...

You're welcome, good luck with the Kolsch!

Sure did here's the numbers: pH 8.8 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 297 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.50 Cations / Anions, me/L 4.8 / 4.8 Sodium, Na 48 ppm Potassium, K 3 ppm Calcium, Ca 23...

Thank you for the post, with water report in hand I'll check out Bru'n Water as well, thanks again.

Sent off my sample today, once I recieve the report I'll try Palmer' nomographhttp://www.howtobrew.com/section3/chapter15-3.html to figure which style of beer is best suited to my water.

For a home brewer the Household Complete Mineral or Mineral Tests are the most appropriate, the items of interest are the flavor ions - Calcium(Ca), Magnesium(Mg), Chloride (Cl), Sulfate (SO4) and Sodium(Na) along with carbonates - Calcium(CaCO3) and Hydrogen(HCO3). Both of the tests will give...

Found a lab, http://www.wardlab.com/default.aspx, they'll test your water at a pretty cheap price. Contacted them, all that's necessary is a sample of your water in clean clear water bottle. Sounded like you'll get the results pretty quickly, think I'm going to give them a shot.