Water Testing

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Unless someone knows a better place, I am about to send the water from my new house to be tested. I can't remember what test I ordered the last time but I feel like it was missing some key items in the report.

What test do you guys recommend for use with BF.

Thanks in advance

T
 
LOL, the better place ai was taking about was Wards, I have used them before, no issues with them, just forgot to add that to the post. I can't type as fast as I can think.

THX
 
You could get by with the cheaper household test ($21) if you don't have iron or phosphorus as a concern. That test is called WB6 or something like that, and has all you need.
 
Unless someone knows a better place, I am about to send the water from my new house to be tested. I can't remember what test I ordered the last time but I feel like it was missing some key items in the report.

What test do you guys recommend for use with BF.

Thanks in advance

T
You mentioned being somewhere in my area - what is your water supply? If you're on a well, testing is your only option but if you're on a municipal supply, they've already done the testing, at least close enough for our purposes.
 
Monument, CO

Need to look into it....

Tim
 
Thought so. If you're on municipal water, you can get a report. Problem is, they might not report all the ions we're interested in. Aurora does but we have LOTS of brewers up here and I guess the engineers got tired of telling us how much calcium, magnesium, sodium, chloride, sulfate and carbonate was in the water. There's a bunch of stuff they're required by law to report, some they aren't so it might be hit-or-miss but it's a place to start. Your water report is available here:

http://www.townofmonument.org/373/Water-Quality-Reports

But you'll have to call the water department to get a lot of the information we need.
 
I sent them a message already, hope to hear back soon-ish.
I am still a bit away from my first brew day, hope no later than July. My new mill will arrive tomorrow.
Really need to sell some of my equipment I am not going to use anymore....
 

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