I have been brewing all grain for some time now and I want to work on getting my water a little better for my beer without getting too technical with it.
I live in the mountains of NE Georgia and our water source is good. I use city water and I know that I need to get rid of the chlorine first of all. I know I can use campden tablets or potassium metabisulfite. Potassium metabisulfite would probably be better to use because it don’t affect the sodium level as much.
The PH is usually 8.2 I know that brewing water needs to be around 5.2 to 5.8 and I know that it depends on what style of beer you are brewing.
The alkalinity is less than 50ppm the chloride is 20 ppm I did not get the water tested for sodium. I only have limited means of testing water at home. Will a pool supplier give me a water report that will give me the information I need.
I have a source to get distilled water. I thought I might use a 50 50 mix of distilled water and treat the city water I use with the potassium metabisulfite to get rid of the chlorine and just use the water like that. Or should I collect 8 gallons of city water and get a recipe to treat the water?
I just want to get a good general recipe to treat all my normal 8 gallons of input water where it will be good for general brewing.
I live in the mountains of NE Georgia and our water source is good. I use city water and I know that I need to get rid of the chlorine first of all. I know I can use campden tablets or potassium metabisulfite. Potassium metabisulfite would probably be better to use because it don’t affect the sodium level as much.
The PH is usually 8.2 I know that brewing water needs to be around 5.2 to 5.8 and I know that it depends on what style of beer you are brewing.
The alkalinity is less than 50ppm the chloride is 20 ppm I did not get the water tested for sodium. I only have limited means of testing water at home. Will a pool supplier give me a water report that will give me the information I need.
I have a source to get distilled water. I thought I might use a 50 50 mix of distilled water and treat the city water I use with the potassium metabisulfite to get rid of the chlorine and just use the water like that. Or should I collect 8 gallons of city water and get a recipe to treat the water?
I just want to get a good general recipe to treat all my normal 8 gallons of input water where it will be good for general brewing.