Quality report

[Scooby]

I’m not really interested in applying complicated water treatments but as beer contains over 90% of it I wanted to find out a bit more about my supply, and I thought it would be interesting to choose a water profile and compare.I know it is moderately hard, (18º Clark) and have had a water softener for a number of years. so I’ve got the quality report from my supplier and need some help interpreting it.

Looking at BeerAlchemy Preferences, I only have the figures for, Sodium, Chloride, and sulphate. Is the calcium concentration ‘Total hardness as CaCO3’ on the quality report? I can’t seem to find Bicarbonate and Magnesium or alkalinity that I guess will be 7+ on the report.

I don’t have any chemistry background whatsoever but if anyone can throw some light on the subject that would be great, but in the end its no big deal I’ll just throw the report in the bin.

[fizzypop boy]

Have you tried looking up your water supplier on line? and finding water quality on their site.With my supplier i enter my postcode and it gives a detailed report of water quality for my area,copper,aluminium,magnesium etc etc,might be worth a try.

[Scooby]

Have you tried looking up your water supplier on line? and finding water quality on their site.With my supplier i enter my postcode and it gives a detailed report of water quality for my area,copper,aluminium,magnesium etc etc,might be worth a try.

Yeah, That was my first port of call, nothing there just loads on leaks, hose bans, and the drought. The report they sent me has over 80 parameters including organism, substance and physical property. I just can't find the ones I mentioned.

[Scooby]

It look like the Thames Water report is useless for brewers also.

I think boil and rack off then add gypsum to correct ph will do me, then throw report in bin.