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Yep, Tesco Ashbeck is a great base water just 25ppm HC03.... I use it for everything apart from stouts, then use the empties as fermenters for wine & ciders

Strange Steve's brilliant guide on the UK forum is all you need to get started. Beginners Guide to Water Treatment (plus links to more advanced water treatment in post #1)

Barely over a ⅓ of a U.S gallon 👍

Looking at the Neipa water profiles on Brewfather, they are so wildly different it's impossible to figure out where to land, especially for someone like me with very limited experience 😆 I mean here's two juicy Neipa's, how can they be so different & how can the Bicarbonate be 400+ ?...thats...

I'm no expert but that's a massive amount of sodium.

Have a read through this over on the UK forum, doing exactly what you plan to do. Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

I must add that they have been neglected for a couple of years due to health reasons, but I managed to carefully extricate them from the dustbin I originally potted them in 6 year ago, and return them to it with fresh compost this year..... Watered well and fed with a glass of stout mixed in...

I'm also in London, and this is what my cascades look like..... So you're not alone mate. ☹️ Just the top ⅓ producing cones, very disappointing indeed. May get one or two brews at a push.

Yes please.... Would love one!

Another great gizmo from inkbird..... I'm in

Another generous giveaway from inkbird

That'll be Ball lock for me please :cask:

If it fizzes, it's good to go...... Really overthinking things guy😂🤔

Delivered today, immaculately packaged! Huge thanks to @inkbird for this gift, a stellar company. Merry Christmas.

Thank you @inkbird I'm absolutely chuffed, amazing company with awesome products!

In for a penny, in for a pound. Roll my number @inkbird :thumbsup:

Things getting chilly around here... Warm me up Inkbird!

Terrific tool I'd give a good home.... I'm in it to win it!

All adds to the flavour mate, and there's only one thing to call it......

Thanks Drewch, Grains & yeast arrived today so I'm gonna go on the lower volume side of things, probably 11 litres no sparge and see where I end up.... Rather overshoot the gravity and be able to liquor back than thin it with more sugar. Thanks for your comments marc1, I've read that thread...