manisfive
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Hello fellow home brewers,
I recently decided to try my hand at water adjustments. I now feel like I am in over my head. I have beersmith 2 and have monkey'd with a couple spreadsheets and what not. I have not paid to have my water tested yet but I do have my cities water report. I live in Oak Grove, MO and our water comes from Independence, MO (Shout out to APEX brew wares in Independence). I have both of these reports. I am confused about what the report says though.
ALKALINITY, CACO3 STABILITY: 5/9/2012 62.7ppm
ALKALINITY, TOTAL: 3/8/2011 272ppm
CALCIUM: 5/9/2012 14.6ppm
CHLORIDE: 5/12/2009 28.1ppm
HARDNESS, CARBONATE5 : 5/9/2012 90.6ppm
MAGNESIUM : 5/9/2012 17.5ppm
PH : 5/9/2012 9.49
SODIUM: 5/9/2012 40ppm
SULFATE : 5/9/2012 93.7ppm
TDS 5/9/2012 276ppm
So do I have hard water or soft. I don't know what number to enter into the software and spreadsheets for alkalinity: do I use the ALKALINITY, CACO3 STABILITY or do I use the ALKALINITY, TOTAL. If I use the lower one I was thinking that adding Calcium Chloride to my mash would suffice. If I use the higher one then I guess I need to cut it with RO or distilled. Can some one please help me out? I realize that these readings aren't current but I was wanting to trial an error with salt additions to try to improve my beer. At least untill I get around to sending my water off for a water test. Thanks in advance for any advice.
I recently decided to try my hand at water adjustments. I now feel like I am in over my head. I have beersmith 2 and have monkey'd with a couple spreadsheets and what not. I have not paid to have my water tested yet but I do have my cities water report. I live in Oak Grove, MO and our water comes from Independence, MO (Shout out to APEX brew wares in Independence). I have both of these reports. I am confused about what the report says though.
ALKALINITY, CACO3 STABILITY: 5/9/2012 62.7ppm
ALKALINITY, TOTAL: 3/8/2011 272ppm
CALCIUM: 5/9/2012 14.6ppm
CHLORIDE: 5/12/2009 28.1ppm
HARDNESS, CARBONATE5 : 5/9/2012 90.6ppm
MAGNESIUM : 5/9/2012 17.5ppm
PH : 5/9/2012 9.49
SODIUM: 5/9/2012 40ppm
SULFATE : 5/9/2012 93.7ppm
TDS 5/9/2012 276ppm
So do I have hard water or soft. I don't know what number to enter into the software and spreadsheets for alkalinity: do I use the ALKALINITY, CACO3 STABILITY or do I use the ALKALINITY, TOTAL. If I use the lower one I was thinking that adding Calcium Chloride to my mash would suffice. If I use the higher one then I guess I need to cut it with RO or distilled. Can some one please help me out? I realize that these readings aren't current but I was wanting to trial an error with salt additions to try to improve my beer. At least untill I get around to sending my water off for a water test. Thanks in advance for any advice.