Water Profiles

Name: December Special Meeting / Tap Takeover!
Start: 2019-12-11T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2019-12-11T22:30:00-05:00
Location: Short Finger Brewing

Below you will find some member compiled water profiles for Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Cambridge, Ontario. To learn more about water in brewing, you may wish to read the Bru’n water page on water knowledge. Software such as Beersmith, Bru’n Water, Brewfather, and Brewer’s Friend, all support calculations involving water chemistry.

Current, balanced profiles

Cambridge (Pinebush Pumping Station, 2018)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
101	35.8	51.6	51.5	127	363.1	8.08

Cambridge (Rahmans Well P09, 2018)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
106	39.4	77.7	64.6	190	337.6	7.69

Guelph (2017)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
118.5	37.8	64.6	106	150	352.3	7.9

Kitchener-Waterloo (Mannheim Water Treatment Plant, 2018)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
88	25	32	50	83	300	7.92

Kitchener-Waterloo (Strange St. Pumping Station, 2018)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
140.0	40.5	79.8	105	158	439.7	7.89

Kitchener-Waterloo (William St. Pumping Station, 2018)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
154	49	228	143	408	427	7.54

Out of date or unbalanced* profiles (click to expand)

Cambridge (Middleton Pumping Station, 2018)*

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
134	38.3	140	187	206	335.3	7.67

Guelph (2016)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
114	34	66	118	128	335	7.9

Kitchener-Waterloo (Greenbrook Pumping Station, 2018)*

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
122	34.1	96.4	142	118	301.5	7.59

Kitchener-Waterloo (Short Finger Brewing Company, 2017)*

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺¹	SO₄^-2	Cl^-1	HCO₃^-1	pH
92	27	50	43	92	236	7.75

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