ParanoidAndroid
Well-Known Member
I am coming over here from the All Grain forum since some people told me to. I have never considered water chemistry as a major part of the brewing process. Here is a link to my thread I started:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/getting-worse-homebrewer-1st-all-grain-astringent-taste-444925/
Basically I have been using Publix brand spring water for all my brews and all but 1 or 2 (out of 15 or so) have been what I consider good. I recently purchased a filter with a Pentek Chlorplus10 insert and sent a filtered sample to Ward. Here are the results:
pH 8.5
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 266
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.44
Cations / Anions, me/L 5.1 / 5.6
ppm
Sodium, Na 38
Potassium, K 3
Calcium, Ca 61
Magnesium, Mg 4
Total Hardness, CaCO3 169
Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 9
Chloride, Cl 18
Carbonate, CO3 16
Bicarbonate, HCO3 244
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 226
Total Phosphorus, P 0.16
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
Now obviously these are way different than the spring water from Publix, and I am switching to using my home water. I want to get a few more all grain brews under my belt before a dive right into the water chemistry part, but I am looking to see if anything is just WAY off. Right now I am just looking to make good beer, and hopefully great will come later with the water adjustments.
Is anything way wrong that would possibly just cause every batch to be bad?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/getting-worse-homebrewer-1st-all-grain-astringent-taste-444925/
Basically I have been using Publix brand spring water for all my brews and all but 1 or 2 (out of 15 or so) have been what I consider good. I recently purchased a filter with a Pentek Chlorplus10 insert and sent a filtered sample to Ward. Here are the results:
pH 8.5
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 266
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.44
Cations / Anions, me/L 5.1 / 5.6
ppm
Sodium, Na 38
Potassium, K 3
Calcium, Ca 61
Magnesium, Mg 4
Total Hardness, CaCO3 169
Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 9
Chloride, Cl 18
Carbonate, CO3 16
Bicarbonate, HCO3 244
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 226
Total Phosphorus, P 0.16
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
Now obviously these are way different than the spring water from Publix, and I am switching to using my home water. I want to get a few more all grain brews under my belt before a dive right into the water chemistry part, but I am looking to see if anything is just WAY off. Right now I am just looking to make good beer, and hopefully great will come later with the water adjustments.
Is anything way wrong that would possibly just cause every batch to be bad?