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Like has already been said your water is pretty damn good for making hoppy beer especially. Na is a touch high but not even bad at all. Your beers will end up a little more “full” on the palate but that’s about it. Ideally a little more Ca would be nice I’d add it in the form of gypsum if you were to add.

Plug it into a water spreadsheet and find out how much acid you need to hit target pH values and roll.
 
I ordered buttwipe off of Ebay. LOL. A lot easier than driving around town looking for it. They did have plenty of water at the King Soopers. Apparently I missed the sign that said limit of 3 because I bought 4 gallons and nobody said a thing. I also use some tap water in my batches and now have a very simple Culligan filter that goes right on the faucet and makes the water taste great.
 
Many aquarium stores sell RO water by the gallon so that may be worth investigating.
Some do, you are correct. If you're going to go this route, make sure you take a TDS meter with you and test their RO water before you buy it. Also make sure it is RO water rather than DI water.

Russ
 
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