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paulg

bottled water

Post by paulg » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:41 pm

until I can get a test kit I plan to use bottled water for my AG brew as my water is very hard
this is the info on the label translated from greek
HCO3 226
CI 4.8
NO2 0.0
SO4 12.5
NO (N) 1.9
F 0.1
Ca 78
Mg 3.3
NH4 0.0
Na 3.2
K 0.9
total dissolved salts 188ppm
total hardness in CaCO2 210ppm :PH7.72
conductivity 354 ms/cm (20 centigrade)
can someone tell me what is the recommended treatment for a mild ale ,I have tried g wheelers calculator but I am not sure if I got it correct
I hope this makes sense as this is my first AG and attempt at water treatment

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Re: bottled water

Post by Eric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:40 am

That's hard too.
0.8 ml CRS per litre of water, treat all water.
5 gm calcium chloride in the mash and 5 gm of gypsum in the boil is how I might do it.
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Re: bottled water

Post by gnutz2 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:39 am

On the Plus side you get 12.5g of s04 yeast free :) :oops:

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