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Yeah, I was disappointed when I got it back. I will say though that I have brewed twice since then and was able to vastly improve my lighter beers. Alkalinity is my main culprit and with some of the spreadsheets help and some math, I was able to make some mineral/acid additions to hit the...

Finally got my results back from the state lab. They didn't measure sodium in the test Here's the numbers from the LaMotte kit: My numbers are: Ca = 32 Mg = 2.4 Chloride = 40 Sulfate = 0-50 Sodium = 122 Total hardness as CACO3 = 90 Total Alk = 320 Here's the lab...

I talked the local health dept and they're going to send my water off to the state lab for free. We'll see what shows up. They'll test for Iron and Manganese, among other things, but not Potassium. I'll post the results when I get them. Might be a week. Thanks again for the help.

Here is what I could find online from the DNR. Small town nearby: IRON 2/12/2013 0.012 MG/L POTASSIUM 2/12/2013 1.15 MG/L Larger town: IRON 3/25/2015 0.0053 MG/L MANGANESE 3/25/2015 0.0016 MG/L POTASSIUM 3/25/2015 2.76 MG/L Also, both reports show Sodium right at 7mg/l for both...

How would iron affect this? sulphur water is prevalent in the area and while we're lucky to not have it most of the time, we have had bouts of it in very dry times of the year when the water table drops. I think I will see if I can find what the nearest town's water report is like. We live...

Right on! I appreciate the break down. As for the spreadsheets, I entered my numbers in both Palmers and Bru'n and when I enter a value of 61 for Sodium, the ion balance is even. That tells me the spreadsheets are accurate and I've got more in my water than I can test for. Thanks again for...

I have the Lamotte kit and have questions about the sodium calcs. Like stated above, the sulfate reading is very generalized. According to this kit, my sulfates are between 0 & 50. I've tested the chloride, alkalinity, hardness multiple times and am comfortable with the results. My water is...