So I am not new to brewing but I am new to water chemistry. I have been using bottled spring water for all of my beer and it seems to work ok but not great so I feel that I need to make a change. I sent a sample of my water to Ward Labs and put the results in the Brunwater spreadsheet. I am playing around with the numbers and it seems that if I dilute my water 50% with distilled water I should be in good shape, I think. My water seems very hard from what I have read so far and that makes me think that it should not be that simple to just dilute and have it fix all my problems. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate your opinion.
Here is my Ward Labs report.
pH 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 342
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.57
Cations / Anions, me/L 6.3 / 6.6
ppm
Sodium, Na 5
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 81
Magnesium, Mg 23
Total Hardness, CaCO3 298
Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 12
Chloride, Cl 13
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 336
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 275
Total Phosphorus, P 0.86
Total Iron, Fe 0.12
Here is my Ward Labs report.
pH 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 342
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.57
Cations / Anions, me/L 6.3 / 6.6
ppm
Sodium, Na 5
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 81
Magnesium, Mg 23
Total Hardness, CaCO3 298
Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 12
Chloride, Cl 13
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 336
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 275
Total Phosphorus, P 0.86
Total Iron, Fe 0.12