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[positiveContact]

That is a lot of bicarb. Dark beers, gypsum, cacl, and acid are your friends.

[denny]

 

I just got mine back.

 

pH 7.7

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 385

Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.64

Cations / Anions, me/L 6.0 / 6.4

ppm

Sodium, Na 31

Potassium, K 3

Calcium, Ca 52.3

Magnesium, Mg 23

Total Hardness, CaCO3 226

Nitrate, NO3-N 0.7 (SAFE)

Sulfate, SO4-S 4

Chloride, Cl 57

Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0

Bicarbonate, HCO3 274

Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 226

Total Phosphorus, P < 0.01

Total Iron, Fe 0.02

 

"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

Man, that's gonna need some work.

[positiveContact]

Man, that's gonna need some work.

 

he should ask hines for some water to mix with his

[denny]

he should ask hines for some water to mix with his

[Hines]

he should ask hines for some water to mix with his

Shipping is a b!tch

[bierboy]

Man, that's gonna need some work.

Any recommendations?

[positiveContact]

Any recommendations?

 

you could either cut it with RO/distilled or just buy bottled water for brewing.  otherwise, like I said, you'll need to acidify the hell out of your mash via grain, salts and/or actual acid.

Edited by postSingularityHumanoid, 28 October 2022 - 12:00 PM.

[HVB]

S-04 should do just fine in a beer like this.

[denny]

you could either cut it with RO/distilled or just buy bottled water for brewing.  otherwise, like I said, you'll need to acidify the hell out of your mash via grain, salts and/or actual acid.

This.  And with the TDS level like that, I think I'd just go for buying.

[positiveContact]

S-04 should do just fine in a beer like this.

I agree. We are in the wrong thread though

Edited by postSingularityHumanoid, 28 October 2022 - 12:52 PM.

[HVB]

I agree. We are in the wrong thread though

weird!

[bierboy]

This.  And with the TDS level like that, I think I'd just go for buying.

That could be because I need to replace the water filter.

S-04 should do just fine in a beer like this.

I did buy some s-04 a few weeks ago.