Like the title says...200 ppm of sodium in my city water. I just brewed a Kolsch as my first brew in this new town and yeah, not so good.
I had great water where I was I before and took it for granted. I had no idea how bad this would be as it's less than 10 miles from my old place.
To top this, we have a water softener, which helps with how the bad the water is on other fronts, but I'm not ok with brewing with this water again.
So begins my crash course in water chemistry, but I definitely need some advice for dummys.
I'm trying to determine my best options with this mess. Do I dilute with distilled water? Dilute with purified drinking water? Buy an RO filtration system and build water? Build from distilled?
brew water stats from the plant:
Ph 9.3
Calcium hardness 77
Magnesium hardness 95
Sodium 200
Sulfate 311
Bicarbonate 53
Thanks anyone for the help!!!
I had great water where I was I before and took it for granted. I had no idea how bad this would be as it's less than 10 miles from my old place.
To top this, we have a water softener, which helps with how the bad the water is on other fronts, but I'm not ok with brewing with this water again.
So begins my crash course in water chemistry, but I definitely need some advice for dummys.
I'm trying to determine my best options with this mess. Do I dilute with distilled water? Dilute with purified drinking water? Buy an RO filtration system and build water? Build from distilled?
brew water stats from the plant:
Ph 9.3
Calcium hardness 77
Magnesium hardness 95
Sodium 200
Sulfate 311
Bicarbonate 53
Thanks anyone for the help!!!