wyzazz
Well-Known Member
I pull my water from a shallow well (~35' deep) on my property and send it through a sediment filter, water softener & finally a carbon filter to drink/brew with. Something I've noticed is a harshness in my lighter beers, but my darker beers (Ambers, Porters, Stouts, Dark Milds) all come out great!
I'm a water Noob and don't quite grasp water chemistry yet but would greatly appreciate it if anyone can help me out. I sent a sample of my water out to an Reverse Osmosis supplier to see what they would recommend but would also like to get some advice from you guys as to what my next steps should be. Below is what I got back from PuriTeam. What should I do? Go with RO water? Dilute my water with RO water? Treat my water? Should I leave it be with my darker beers and just treat it when brewing lighter beers? Thanks for any advice thoughts you might have for me.
We appreciate the opportunity to test your water and provide you with a water treatment solution. The areas of concern are highlighted in red; following are your test results below:
SAMPLE RESULTS
Appearance Clear
Smell No Smell
Copper 0
Chlorine 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Alkalinity 200
Hardness 0 GPG * levels 0-3.5 ok, 3.5 7 Moderate, 7 10 Hard, 10.5 & higher very hard
TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) 529
pH 6.5 Your pH level is borderline - a neutral pH level is between 6.8 and 7.2
Iron 0
It was a pleasure speaking with you today Danny. To lower your TDS count and remove the Salt used in the water softening process you need a nano type of filtration. For this we recommend our Hydrotech Push Button monitoring reverse osmosis system under your kitchen sink. We use a high quality one-piece manifold system and it comes with a water quality monitor.
I'm a water Noob and don't quite grasp water chemistry yet but would greatly appreciate it if anyone can help me out. I sent a sample of my water out to an Reverse Osmosis supplier to see what they would recommend but would also like to get some advice from you guys as to what my next steps should be. Below is what I got back from PuriTeam. What should I do? Go with RO water? Dilute my water with RO water? Treat my water? Should I leave it be with my darker beers and just treat it when brewing lighter beers? Thanks for any advice thoughts you might have for me.
We appreciate the opportunity to test your water and provide you with a water treatment solution. The areas of concern are highlighted in red; following are your test results below:
SAMPLE RESULTS
Appearance Clear
Smell No Smell
Copper 0
Chlorine 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Alkalinity 200
Hardness 0 GPG * levels 0-3.5 ok, 3.5 7 Moderate, 7 10 Hard, 10.5 & higher very hard
TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) 529
pH 6.5 Your pH level is borderline - a neutral pH level is between 6.8 and 7.2
Iron 0
It was a pleasure speaking with you today Danny. To lower your TDS count and remove the Salt used in the water softening process you need a nano type of filtration. For this we recommend our Hydrotech Push Button monitoring reverse osmosis system under your kitchen sink. We use a high quality one-piece manifold system and it comes with a water quality monitor.