How's my water?

[ryancrook]

Got my results back from Ward and wanted to know what the HBT community thought about it.

PH 7.5
TDS 205
Na 23
K 2
Ca 27
Mg 9
Total Hardness CaCO3 105
Nitrate .2
SO4-S 4
Cl 37
CO3 <1.0
HCO3 109
Total Alkalinity 90
P .34
Fe .01

Thanks!

 

[mabrungard]

High alkalinity, but otherwise a very good water for brewing. Learn to acidify your mashing and sparging water. Go brew!

 

[ajdelange]

Pretty nominal water. The sulfate is a bit low which can be a blessing if you like continental lagers and easy enough to supplement if you prefer more gypseous beers (add gypsum). Alkalinity shouldn't be much of a problem in most cases but just as you need acid for most pale beers, even those brewed with 0 alkalinity water, you will need some here too in many cases. With alkalinity at this level it probably isn't necessary to acidify sparge water but it is always a good idea to check on this. Make sure that the runoff pH is still < 6 when runoff reaches the lowest gravity you wish to collect.

 

[ryancrook]

I appreciate the feedback guys! Thank you very much