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It WILL require adjustment unless you are making a style like Cech Pilsner

so...after all that am i right in assuming that my water is great for a base and may need a boost in mineral content and alkalinity...

Thanks for all the replies folks...it is much appreciated from both sides of the discussion...

@peebee The only person who can make a complicated subject even more complicated at the same time he says he is simplifying it. Yes JP's...

That what @Galena posted is a giggle ... someone saying John Palmer's book is great ... for falling asleep with! 💤 I wouldn't bother...

I would suggest getting a professional water report, at least once. https://phoenix-analytical.co.uk/index.html is a good place. As your...

See those last two lines? "Hardness", and. "Soft". Take a thick black pen and put a line through them both. They are of no practical...

Our annual report is all I really have to go on. That plus the Jim’s Beer Kit calculator gets me into the right ballpark 99.9% of the...

thanks Mick...i am near Inverness so our water is classed as soft...

I think he covered everything he spoke about very well. The PDF is worth a read too, I couldn't copy and paste it has to be Googled.

Its a good podcast that...I need to re-watch it and take some notes (downside of listening to Podcasts in the car). Also come across a...

A good podcast here with John Palmer, I was interested in the magnesium side of brewing salts. I never have added magnesium to brewing...

Thank you...i understand the annual report is not ideal but its a start...finding it all very interesting as previously i didnt bother...

Don't need to 'get into it'. Just use one of the many calculators that are free to use....get an understanding of the profile of the...

having restarted my brewing journey i thought i would dive in to the staple necessity water, just starting to investigate my local...