Water report

[Erik_Mog]

I just got my water report back from Ward Labs and would like your input as to whether it is a good base water for brewing. I am pretty new to all the water chemistry stuff. The water is from a well that was dug about 30 years ago.


pH 6.7
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 54
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.09
Cations / Anions, me/L 0.8/0.7


Sodium, Na 9
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 5
Magnesium, Mg 1
Total Hardness, CaCO3 17
Nitrate, NO3-N 5.4 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S < 1
Chloride, Cl 3
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 13
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 11
Total Phosphorus, P 0.11
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

[porterpounder]

You're likely going to need to add some salts to a mash to add some character to your beer and maintain yeast health, but that's pretty much a blank slate.

 

[carvetop]

Wow, you couldn't do much better with RO water!

 

[Erik_Mog]

You're likely going to need to add some salts to a mash to add some character to your beer and maintain yeast health, but that's pretty much a blank slate.

If I hadn't got the report back I had planned on buying RO water and treating it. Now I don't have to buy water.

 

[Jimbodaman]

You're basically using RO water, that's pretty cool.

 

[Yooper]

I'm so jealous! Perfect brewing water!

 

[mabrungard]

No such thing as perfect brewing water, but this water is a very good starting point since its easy to add minerals, but difficult to remove them.