Sour beer and water

[messersc]

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas about what sort of water you'd want in a sour beer? My first homebrewed sour will be a kriek, and then I'd like to do a geuze.

I think I am planning on keeping it fairly soft.

 

[dougdecinces]

I would copy this over to the sour beer forum. You'll likely get better answers there. I've brewed a couple sours, but alas I don't have notes on the water I used.

 

[MisterTipsy]

The first hit with a Google search looks like good info

From the book "Wild Brews", page 135 has a chart showing the water profile of West Flanders to be:

Calcium: 114.0
Magnesium: 10.0
Sodium: 125.0
Sulfate: 145.0
Chloride: 139.0
Bicarbonate: 370.0

http://www.ale-iansociety.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=719

 

[dcp27]

From the book "Wild Brews", page 135 has a chart showing the water profile of West Flanders to be:

I wouldnt target specific city water as you're unsure if they treat it or not. i'd prolly go closer to 25 Na and 50 for SO4 & Cl