My Water Report

[poobah58]

Not sure what it means yet but I'm reading up on it. I downloaded the Bru N Water spreadsheet and it shows my cation/anions ratio is .49 and should be lower. Am I misinterpreting my report or can this be possible? My next brew is an IPA. I'm going with the Pale Ale water profile. Is this a good start?

Starting Profile      ppm      
Ca         33   
Mg         2   
Na         8   
SO4         21   
Cl         0   
HCO3      76   

            
Hardness      91   (ppm as CaCO3)
Alkalinity      63   (ppm as CaCO3)
RA          38   
SO4/Cl      0.00   

[mabrungard]

Its not the ratio, its the difference in the cation and anion totals.  You are good to go.  That is a lightly mineralized water and it doesn't take much to throw the difference off. 

[hopfenundmalz]

Not from the Midwest are you? That does look good for brewing, as Martin says.

[HoosierBrew]

Not from the Midwest are you? That does look good for brewing, as Martin says.

No kidding.  Definitely not Indiana water. I'm envious.

[poobah58]

Thanks guys. A sand separator and 20 micron whole house filter helps... I was originally going to install an RO filter but from what I can tell I might not need it. Seems I can add chemicalls to get most of the water profiles that I might use.