We are in the process of our build out for our new microbrewery and just received information on the water from a local Analysis firm. I am hoping some of you with more "water" experience can help me with some ideas on what I should do with our water. I have done very basic water treatments in the past,(gypsum, Calcium Carbonate etc) but at the last brewpub I worked at, I didn't treat the water at all... liked it the way it was.(lucky me, but for 4 years stopped thinking about the water)
Some info on what we will be doing here...
We will be brewing a Golden Ale(cream style), an Eng/Amer Pale Ale , a big bold IPA and a Robust Porter. these are just to start off with. We expect to do a few seasonals as well as we move forward.
Here are some numbers from the water folks...
Alkalinity -- 71.0
Hardness -- 24.6
pH -- 8.1
Turbidity -- 0.40
Calcium -- 4.38
Chloride -- 52.3
Sodium -- 50.2 (!?!?)
Nitrate, Nitrogen -- 0.73
Magnesium -- 3.32
Potassium -- 1.06
Sulfate -- Not Detectable
Most others like Manganese, Copper, Nitrite, and Iron were thankfully all undetectable.
Please help in anyway you can... and feel free to be as basic as you feel fit, I am still learning here.
Thanks so much
Matthew
Some info on what we will be doing here...
We will be brewing a Golden Ale(cream style), an Eng/Amer Pale Ale , a big bold IPA and a Robust Porter. these are just to start off with. We expect to do a few seasonals as well as we move forward.
Here are some numbers from the water folks...
Alkalinity -- 71.0
Hardness -- 24.6
pH -- 8.1
Turbidity -- 0.40
Calcium -- 4.38
Chloride -- 52.3
Sodium -- 50.2 (!?!?)
Nitrate, Nitrogen -- 0.73
Magnesium -- 3.32
Potassium -- 1.06
Sulfate -- Not Detectable
Most others like Manganese, Copper, Nitrite, and Iron were thankfully all undetectable.
Please help in anyway you can... and feel free to be as basic as you feel fit, I am still learning here.
Thanks so much
Matthew
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