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Post by Stephen on Apr 19, 2016 20:19:41 GMT -5
Just wondering if anybody has gotten any water profile info from the municipality. I was gonna give them a call to inquire but wondered if anybody actually already had the info. Previously we used RO but last brew we did we used Chatham municipal with campden tablets to deal with chlorine/chlorimine. Either way it would be great to share the water info we get so if any members also brew with the same water we can build a resource of info on here. Let me know if you have something. If not I'm gonna call in the next couple days.
Thanks, Stephen
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Post by Alex Bullock on Apr 20, 2016 8:51:58 GMT -5
I called the municipality before to get this information but they told me that they do not test for the things we are looking for such as Ca, Mg, Na etc. The online water report does not have much information. You should give them a call and try again though, I might have been talking to the wrong person.
I have always used Chatham water and usually just bring the water up to 180F before using it to mash in and I haven't had any noticeable off-flavours as far as I can tell. It would be nice to know the mineral profile so we can make appropriate water salt adjustments, however I have been using the London profile with decent results. The problem with that is London gets their water from both Lake Huron and Lake Erie, whereas I think Chatham only gets it from one source (can't remember which).
Let us know how your inquiry goes
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Post by ShawnMc on Apr 21, 2016 20:17:17 GMT -5
You can get historical water reports from the Ontario gov't. I am in Sarnia and adjust my water based on the historical water profile. It doesn't change much over in Sarnia (lake Huron) time based on looking at history. Chatham and Wallaceburg are in the historical reports, and all the values you need should be in the reports (1998 to 2012): www.ontario.ca/data/drinking-water-surveillance-program
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Post by Christy on Apr 23, 2016 9:58:53 GMT -5
I had to get water analyzed for work this spring. For what it's worth, here's the profile for Ridgetown tap water.
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Post by Stephen on Apr 25, 2016 9:37:53 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for the info. I have access to Ridgetown water (so your test does help Christy!) so I could always use that. As for the Chatham source the historical data is a great start. From all this it leaves me to only the Sulfate to guess completely at. Gives me a good base anyway for adding some salts to bump up as needed and know I'm not going way over on the calcium. Hoping that when we get our HERMS system up that it will include an inline filter for chlorine. Either way I'll probably send out for a test myself to get a proper run down. It's about $30ish in the states to ward labs. Christy - did you get that test done in Canada? If so where and was it expensive? Haven't found anybody in Canada that does it for a decent price.
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Post by julian on Apr 27, 2016 12:44:48 GMT -5
I am in the Ridgetown area as well (#3 hyw) and my ph is around 8 as well I am looking to adjust for my lighter beers but still doing a little research on that just yet. Great to hear of someone else from this area into brewing. Hope to see you at the meeting May 3rd
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Post by Christy on Apr 27, 2016 14:09:41 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for the info. I have access to Ridgetown water (so your test does help Christy!) so I could always use that. As for the Chatham source the historical data is a great start. From all this it leaves me to only the Sulfate to guess completely at. Gives me a good base anyway for adding some salts to bump up as needed and know I'm not going way over on the calcium. Hoping that when we get our HERMS system up that it will include an inline filter for chlorine. Either way I'll probably send out for a test myself to get a proper run down. It's about $30ish in the states to ward labs. Christy - did you get that test done in Canada? If so where and was it expensive? Haven't found anybody in Canada that does it for a decent price. Hey Stephen - Yes, it was done at A&L Labs in London and the test (labeled "Spray water suitability - complete") cost $35. Not cheap, so I was quite happy that we needed it for work! They also have a basic test, but it only includes Total alkalinity, Bicarbonate, Carbonate, Calcium, Magnesium, Conductiviey, pH and Hardness.
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