Water in the Chilterns....

[jonewer]

Any brewers out there who in the Chilterns - Amersham/Chesham/High Wycombe area - who can tell me what sort of water treatments are neccesary?

Thanks.

 

[prolix]

Campden tablet only really necessary to remove chlorine. As many have said brew process more important than water treatment.

But if you want get a alkalinity test kit from aquatics shop or ebay and test the total alkalinity, then use CRS to adjust to suit your beer type. More than that is not necessary


this thread has it all

 

[jonewer]

So I should be alright not adjusting the pH?

 

[Aleman]

Don't bother adjusting the pH of your water it is totally and completely F*cking unimportant!

What you need to adjust (and being in the chilterns you will need to adjust it) is your alkalinity . . . which you need to measure first . . . Get yourself a Salifert Total Alkalinity hardness test kit, and test it. . . We can then tell you how much acid (CRS) you need to add to reduce it to a sensible range depending on what beer style you are brewing.

You shouldn't need to add anything else though as your calcium will be in a sensible level for the rest of the brewing process.

 

[jonewer]

Oh bloody hell! Thats something else I have to buy...

Dont know if I'll ever get round to doing my first AG.... probably going to run out of money before I get it all together!

Anyway, thanks for the tip Aleman. Do I have to test my water or can I just go with the water report (which states 303mg/l calcium carbonate)?

 

[Aleman]

Dont know if I'll ever get round to doing my first AG

Don't bother doing any form of water treatment for your first AG . . . you just won't notice any difference You need a good sound brewing practice before you will . . . and that only comes from making beer.

Do I have to test my water or can I just go with the water report (which states 303mg/l calcium carbonate)?

My water is fairly stable and changes little during the year. In areas where water is drawn from underground aquifers this also used to be the case, but certainly in the south these are no longer able to supply the demands of the big cities and industry. Consequently supply changes frequently and you may well end up with a water that has a significantly different make up . . . 303mg/l is either an average or the maximum . . . it could be wildly outside these values.

I'll say this again THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASUREMENT A BREWER CAN MAKE, ONCE THEY HAVE A SOUND BREWING TECHNIQUE, IS ALKALINITY.

 

[Varnish]

Something about alkalinity

Surely it can't be that basic. LOL

 

[tubby_shaw]

Something about alkalinity

Surely it can't be that basic. LOL

It is
Get the alkalinity right and the mash'll pretty much look after itself

 

[Varnish]

Something about alkalinity

Surely it can't be that basic. LOL

It is
Get the alkalinity right and the mash'll pretty much look after itself

But really,
It can't be that Basic. LOL