Thames water

[Mephistopholes]

I am brewing or at least trying to brew some hoppy pale ales with london water and i beleive soft water is the best for good hop isomerization?
Anyone else brewing in london and could maybe suggest some water treatments?

 

[unclepumble]

Have you been on the thames water website to get the water profile for your area,
You need to know the levels of
Calcium
Magnesium
Sodium
Sulphate
Chloride
As MG/l or PPM
you will also need to find out the alkalinity as CaCO3, not usually on your water quality report a quick phonecall to their lab via customer services will usually get you that info.

You can then you the water calculator in the calculators section of the forum, to get the additions required to get your water right.

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