I've been brewing for about a year. All grain. Mostly 10 gal batches in keggles with a HERMS. I have well water, which I use straight. I do additives based on tweaking in Brewer's Friend until I match the style.
I think my beer is pretty good. And others do as well. But there's a certain quality about most of my beers that I'm wondering about. The best I can describe it is kind of murky. The opposite of clean tasting.
I've messed with mash temps to see if it's residual unfermentable sugars, I've dramatically reduced the amount of crystal malts in my recipes to see if that particular family of grains was bringing in something I don't prefer, I've lengthened mash times, boil times, primary times, added secondaries and other things.
I do a lot of APA and IPA style beers, and I know that the amount of hops probably brings in some haze. I've had several really clear beers not in those styles, but those two seem to always be hazy. I recently had Pliny for the first time, and it was really hazy too, so there's probably no correlation.
After all that, here's my question: Is there something else in the water outside of the normal water report that could cause me issues? Not contaminants causing flavor issues, as my water tastes phenomenal. Attached is my Ward Labs report. Any input is appreciated.
I think my beer is pretty good. And others do as well. But there's a certain quality about most of my beers that I'm wondering about. The best I can describe it is kind of murky. The opposite of clean tasting.
I've messed with mash temps to see if it's residual unfermentable sugars, I've dramatically reduced the amount of crystal malts in my recipes to see if that particular family of grains was bringing in something I don't prefer, I've lengthened mash times, boil times, primary times, added secondaries and other things.
I do a lot of APA and IPA style beers, and I know that the amount of hops probably brings in some haze. I've had several really clear beers not in those styles, but those two seem to always be hazy. I recently had Pliny for the first time, and it was really hazy too, so there's probably no correlation.
After all that, here's my question: Is there something else in the water outside of the normal water report that could cause me issues? Not contaminants causing flavor issues, as my water tastes phenomenal. Attached is my Ward Labs report. Any input is appreciated.