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Thanks Tartan, I think I will take you up on that offer if i manage to get the report :) Btw what are your thoughts of outdated chemicals (gypsum, etc), i have some dated 2010 but i'm leaning towards just getting some new ones to be on the safe side.

Thanks for all the help guys, Southern water got back to me and hopefully are going to be able to send a more accurate water report to me next week! I have been looking at the beginners guide to water treatment on this forum and maybe I have been over complicating things. If I carried out the...

When did you contact them? i wouldn't hold your breath waiting for the to update it... my guess it will only get updated when they are next required to update it by ofwat...

I have to admit his water section is not as straightforward as the rest of the book, it doesn't help i cant get the values i seem to need though. I'm assuming magnesium is a harder mineral to test using a home kit? Also i'm guessing it wouldn't be appropriate to just guess a random low value...

Hi Rob, I have looked through that report and it does not give values for Mg or tbh anything i wold consider useful for brewing... Pfeffer, I have left them a message to get back to me but they never did, if there were no suggestions from this my next stage would be the process of nagging...

Hi guys, I have been doing a couple of brews recently but have been wimping out and using bottled water for them:whistle:. I would like to start understanding how to alter my own tap water better and been looking at Palmer’s how to brew guide. I’m not going to give out my actual...

Iain, that's good to know as ideally i did want a slightly weaker beer will leave this one now though :) Rodwha, i have to admit i did rush into this recipe i hope it turns out good even though it may not be exactly what i was aiming for! I will have to give dry hopping and a proper American...

Thought i would let everyone know how i got on :thumb: I picked up the materials from another store, unfortunately they only had pre-bagged grains and not self serve style (my local store looks better imo). The guy at the store strongly advised me to use bottled water and not tap water, i...

Thanks for all the replies and advice:thumb:! Waterwise i will purchase some campden tablets and use that for the batch. Dan do you think its worth me adding some CRS (i will not have the kit to test the water prior to this), if so how much do you think is a suitable amount with us being in...

Hi everyone, Been lurking on this forum for a couple of weeks now and it's been very helpful! :thumb: I have recently been given a beer kit (Woodforde's Headcracker) and that has been bubbling away nicely in the bucket, bottling this weekend so fingers crossed it's good! Would of had 2 weeks...