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boo boo

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This what I got recently for my request for a water profile from my town...
Calicum......................... 3 mgl
Zinc............................... 13 mgl
Potassium....................... .3 mgl
Sodium........................... 6.7 mgl
Sulphate......................... none detected
Magnesium...................... .6 mgl
Chlorimine........................ .2 mgl
Bicarbonate...................... 0 mgl
Alkalinity as CaCO3........... o mgl
Hardness as CaCO3.......... 9.7 mgl
PH................................... 7
What styles of beer are best suited for me to brew with this water? They said my water was very soft so I assume pilsners would be within this profiles boundrys.
Cheers:)
 
You might want to throw some gypsum in your ales, but that looks like pretty good yellow-brew water, if I remember rightly.
 
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