Thanks Brewer for the feedback. My rainwater tank is a very large concrete tank. Oddly enough the water Ph is around 7, the last brew I checked it again and it was 6.9. With the grains added I hit my mash target spot on. I also use a small amount of salts to keep the fermentation happy. The...

Hi Ward, it is a rather long process of soil prep and planting of trees. We have oak trees and hazelnut trees, these are inoculated with the truffle fungus.

I live in the Burra Valley, NSW. South East of Canberra. We have a small truffle farm also.

Yes agreed with the UV, It is just part of our house setup so I just go with it. Interesting, I did a stout yesterday and mash ph came out on my target of 5.4 (I was looking for about hat with the stout). It's in the fermenter now. I did a single decoction as well so it will be interesting...

Thanks for the feedback guys, my process is filter the rainwater through a paper filter then carbon filter then through a uv light thing to kill any bugs. My assumption at the end is it will be very close to RO water. I will go with some standard additions to style and see how it goes for the...

Yes commercial beers in Australia are very ordinary, however there are small breweries popping up all over the place. Much better to produce your own though!

That's my honey porter, came out great!

Thanks for that feedback, I had similar thoughts on the RO filter.. will develop a plan for my next beer, may be a bit of trial and error.

I'm from the South East in regional NSW. Been brewing for a while but trying to always improve. The water aspect i have ignored, but only just getting into. I must admit i do like the darker beers, trying to perfect the bock and porter styles. I will start applying some salts etc... looking...

Thanks... all electric Grainfather set-up.

Yes, agreed.. I have a ph meter now and keep in touch with what's going on from that perspective. However some batches are not as good as I would like, hence looking at the water. Most apps and videos get you to enter your water details to start with .. not knowing where to start!! I guess...

I have some problems getting my head around water chemistry when I live in a country area with reliance upon rainwater from tanks with no idea of the chemical makeup of the water. The water tastes fine and the ph is always around 7. Being in a country area it is an expensive process of buying RO...

Hello all, just joined.. looking to get more control with my brewing and share info. Brewers Friend seems to be wealth of tools and experienced people. Greetings from this part of the world, looking forward to getting to know a few people with similar interests. Attached is one of my latest beers