oldjiver
Landlord.
Having brewed for almost 40 years with no water (liquor) problems I have moved to a new water area. I did all my PH checking etc when I first started brewing and found that by boiling for 15 minutes and letting it settle before racking the water, then adding gypsum I got the perfect PH. Now in my lodge in a new water area I decided to try CRS (carbonate reducing solution.) We have a wonderful water calculator on this forum, but matching it to the water companys report is very difficult. My last bitter brew I added 15ml of CRS which appeared to be the correct amount, but the beer didnt clear properly although the taste was excellent. Also the PH paper showed 6.00 (clearly wrong).So next brew I added 30 ml and bingo!! spot on!. 5.2 with clear wort after boiling. I have posted the companies water report before but apart from advice to research further I have had no feedback. Might be a good place to start a discussion?