lslbrew
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I brewed for a long time with extract before going to all grain so water was not much of an issue. I have since gone all grain and have brewed several pale ales and IPAs using hard water. I do have a water softener in my house but have been getting my brewing water from the line before it goes thru the softener. I am working on converting my house stout recipe to all grain and am wondering if I should use hard or soft water. I keep getting lost in the chemistry of "if you have this water, you need this or that". I need to try making the stout with a baseline before I start making water changes and cannot tell if it will be better to keep using the hard water or not.