Jim's Beer Kit

Hi, I got my old 10gal (square) Burco wash boiler ffrom my Grandma, 30 odd years ago, & have been using it to brew beer in ever since. Mine is an aluminium container, & it ony works on the Hi setting (fortunately). The only problem is , it doesn't have a lid, & I have come up with nothing in a searc...

Hi again
My water supply is down as 'very soft', the Clarke hardness figure is 2.625, which equates to 37.5 ppm CaCO3, & Calcium comes out at 11.1 ppm. All way too low for a porter/stout, methinks. As I am fairly new at this, am I correct in my assumptiions?

Thank you Aleman & Kev888 - I will give it a try. I've had a repy from my water supply company by phne to my written query, & then I checked their wewbsite for an analysis. Both results were fairly similar, but I think I will get hold pf a pH meter

There seems to be plenty of information on how to REDUCE carbonates & calcium content in water treatment writings, for the likes of bitters & pale ales, but not so much (if any) on how to INCREASE carbonates & calcium for dark beer (stouts & porters) production. It strikes me that there appears to b...