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Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:42 pm
by flightle
Does anyone have access to a recent copy of the Cedar Rapids water report? I've seen the one on the water dept. website, but it's not as advanced as a brewer would need.
Anyone know the breakout of what minerals compose the hardness? Also what pH?
Thanks!
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:36 am
by TappedOut
Here's one I got ~ a year ago. Just called the water department, and they sent it to me.
-Tom
Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:36 pm
by Lower Case T
Here is a current one I got a couple weeks ago.
And some additional quantities:
Ca averages 25 ppm
Carbonate--90 ppm
Mg 15 ppm
Na 12 ppm
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM, TappedOut <
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Re: Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:11 pm
by flightle
Lower Case T wrote:Here is a current one I got a couple weeks ago.
And some additional quantities:
Ca averages 25 ppm
Carbonate--90 ppm
Mg 15 ppm
Na 12 ppm
One discrepancy I see is the Ca average of 25ppm quoted by you and the report of 57 and 63 on average for the two water plants as quoted in the attached .pdf document.
Any clarification? By the way, thanks for the quick replies guys! You're a great help.
-Forest
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:20 pm
by TappedOut
Different units. The water report I posted uses "as CaCO3", Travis's is ppm. See Table 13 at the bottom of this page:
http://howtobrew.com/section3/chapter15-1.html
25 ppm is the same as 62.5 mg/L as CaCO3, so they're in the same ballpark.
Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:22 pm
by Lower Case T
The Calcium in the report is part of calcium carbonate. Carbonate's weight is 100 and Calcium's weight is 40. So the ratio is 2.5. If you take the part of calcium as calcium carbonate in the water report......62 and divide by 2.5 you get the calcium content....24.8....
And no problemo. Your very welcome.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:11 PM, flightle <
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Lower Case T wrote: Here is a current one I got a couple weeks ago.
And some additional quantities:
Ca averages 25 ppm
Carbonate--90 ppm
Mg 15 ppm
Na 12 ppm
One discrepancy I see is the Ca average of 25ppm quoted by you and the report of 57 and 63 on average for the two water plants as quoted in the attached .pdf document.
Any clarification? By the way, thanks for the quick replies guys! You're a great help.
-Forest
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM, TappedOut
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brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org))> wrote:
Quote: Here's one I got ~ a year ago. Just called the water department, and they sent it to me.
-Tom
Attachments:
CRWD_FINISHED_WATER_QUALITY_JAN09[1].pdf
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:40 pm
by Lower Case T
mg/L is = to ppm. for our purposes anyway.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM, TappedOut <
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Different units. The water report I posted uses "as CaCO3", Travis's is ppm. See Table 13 at the bottom of this page:
http://howtobrew.com/section3/chapter15-1.html
25 ppm is the same as 62.5 mg/L as CaCO3, so they're in the same ballpark.
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:43 pm
by Lower Case T
correction: calcium carbonate's weight is 100, not carbonate. sorry. but you know what i mean.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Lower Case T <
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The Calcium in the report is part of calcium carbonate. Carbonate's weight is 100 and Calcium's weight is 40. So the ratio is 2.5. If you take the part of calcium as calcium carbonate in the water report......62 and divide by 2.5 you get the calcium content....24.8....
And no problemo. Your very welcome.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:11 PM, flightle
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org (
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org))> wrote:
: Lower Case T wrote: Here is a current one I got a couple weeks ago.
And some additional quantities:
Ca averages 25 ppm
Carbonate--90 ppm
Mg 15 ppm
Na 12 ppm
One discrepancy I see is the Ca average of 25ppm quoted by you and the report of 57 and 63 on average for the two water plants as quoted in the attached .pdf document.
Any clarification? By the way, thanks for the quick replies guys! You're a great help.
-Forest
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM, TappedOut
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org (
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org) (
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org (
brew-meetings@crbeernuts.org)))> wrote:
Quote: Here's one I got ~ a year ago. Just called the water department, and they sent it to me.
-Tom
Attachments:
CRWD_FINISHED_WATER_QUALITY_JAN09[1].pdf
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
LCT
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:37 pm
by tompb
So for those of us that don't want to do our homework what do we need to do to our water?
Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:12 pm
by Lower Case T
dont pee in it.
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So for those of us that don't want to do our homework what do we need to do to our water?
Runamok Brewing
Jesus must have been a yeast. Who else could turn water into wine?
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Travis Scheidecker
Head Brewer
Third Base Brewery
500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Tel. 319-378-9090 Fax: 319-378-9697
www.thirdbasebrewery.com
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:15 pm
by tompb
Oh I don't pee in the beer. That's how I sterilize my equipment!
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:09 pm
by Matt F
Does pee foam sanitize like starsan foam?
Cedar Rapids Water Report?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:26 pm
by JimPotts
Better, it doesn't leave that funny starsan taste behind.
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Does pee foam sanitize like starsan foam?
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5.2 buffer?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:41 pm
by flightle
Anyone use 5.2 buffer in their brew water? if purposely not, please say why......