Hello, My name is Paul Daugherty. I am a fellow MInnesota Home brewer Association member. I am also a employee of the Minneapolis Water Department in Water Distribution. I hold a Minnesota State Drinking Water Class C license.
I am responding to the email I received about the water testing that Brenda did. Honestly it is difficult to get exact readings from testing the water in Minneapolis. There are many factors to consider. Especially when it pertains to minerals in the water. Here are a few questions that you need to consider.
1. Do you have a copper or galvanized or lead or tubaloid water service from the City water main to the meter inside your home?
2. What kind of piping is inside of your entire home. is it galvanized ,copper or Pex( plastic) ?
3 Is the Minneapolis City water main that your service is tapping made out of cast iron or ductile pipe.?
4 It also depends on which part of the City of Minneapolis in which you live in.
You can get Water quality results by calling the Minneapolis Water Works Laboratory at 612-661-4921 or by calling 311.
I have spoken with many home brewers and they all say that Minneapolis Water overall is great for home brewing.
Nation wide Minneapolis Water has one of the best tasting Water . Minneapolis Water is the best in the State of Minneapolis.
I brew my beer with Minneapolis Water and I have won 2 awards with it . I didn't come in first place but I did come in 2nd.
If anybody has any questions, please feel free to send me an email and I will try to answer any questions.
Prost!....Paul Daugherty
> From: mba-request@thebarn.com
> Subject: mba Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4
> To: mba@thebarn.com
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:31:17 -0600
>
> Send mba mailing list submissions to
> mba@thebarn.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> http://www.thebarn.com/mailman/listinfo/mba
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> mba-request@thebarn.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> mba-owner@thebarn.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of mba digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: [mnbrewers] Minneapolis Water Test? (beckel)
> 2. MHBA December Meeting / Holiday Party: Fri, Dec 9 -
> 5:30-10pm, CSPS Hall, St.Paul (Al Boyce)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:34:29 -0600
> From: beckel <beckel@gmail.com>
> To: mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com, MBA <mba@thebarn.com>
> Subject: Re: [mba] [mnbrewers] Minneapolis Water Test?
> Message-ID:
> <CAFRAu18e4mMrjZg3X7W252mP-7dcJPg4G7hsErUDFd5fK4Bi9w@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> Good timing on your question. Fellow MHBA member Brett Glenna was nice
> enough to get some of our local water tested recently.Here are the results
> for my tap water from South Minneapolis:
>
> Phenolphthalein Alkalinity
>
> as CaCO3, ppm
>
> None Detected
>
> Total Alkalinity
>
> as CaCO3, pp
>
> 44
>
> Chlorides
>
> as Cl, pp
>
> 34
>
> Total Hardness
>
> as CaCO3, pp
>
> 100
>
> Calcium
>
> as CaCO3, pp
>
> 64
>
> Magnesium
>
> as CaCO3, pp
>
> 36
>
> Silica
>
> as SiO2, pp
>
> 8.0
>
> Sulfate
>
> as SO4, pp
>
> 24
>
> pH
>
> 7.3
>
> Specific Conductance
>
> micromhos, 18?
>
> 256
>
> Total Iron
>
> as Fe, pp
>
> 0.03
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:06 PM, artificial_chimera <i@ianwhitney.com> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Has anyone ever gotten a full water report for Minneapolis tap water?
> > Overall I'm pretty happy with brewing with straight tap water (after I use
> > campden tablets to remove the chloramine), but I'm wondering what its
> > mineral content actually is.
> >
> > I've seen the reports available on the Mpls water site, but they don't
> > provide much info relevant for brewing.
> >
> > __._,_.___
> > Reply to sender<i@ianwhitney.com?subject=Re%3A%20Minneapolis%20Water%20Test%3F>| Reply
> > to group<mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Minneapolis%20Water%20Test%3F>| Reply
> > via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwZm9maTlyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBG1zZ0lkAzQ4NzgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzIzMzc0NzY4?act=reply&messageNum=4878>| Start
> > a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYzVpaGc3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTMyMzM3NDc2OA-->
> > Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/message/4878;_ylc=X3oDMTM0ZTJ0dWUyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBG1zZ0lkAzQ4NzgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzIzMzc0NzY4BHRwY0lkAzQ4Nzg->(
> > 1)
> > Recent Activity:
> >
> > - New Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN3ZpOHJpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzEzMjMzNzQ3Njg-?o=6>
> > 2
> >
> > Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZmNhYmU5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTMyMzM3NDc2OA-->
> > MARKETPLACE
> >
> > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on -
> > Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now.<http://global.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15ona4teo/M=493064.14543979.14562481.13298430/D=groups/S=1705041802:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1323381969/L=11ba1f24-21d8-11e1-9aa5-b304a2ebca0e/B=yeoROkoGYqg-/J=1323374769205856/K=mAVMjAJIpU2WW8btekqY7w/A=6060255/R=0/SIG=1194m4keh/*http://us.toolbar.yahoo.com/?.cpdl=grpj>
> > [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkN3ExZ3JkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI3NzgxMjcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDQxODAyBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzIzMzc0NzY4>
> > Switch to: Text-Only<mnbrewers-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>,
> > Daily Digest<mnbrewers-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>?
> > Unsubscribe <mnbrewers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> ? Terms
> > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
> > .
> >
> > __,_._,___
> >
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <http://www.thebarn.com/pipermail/mba/attachments/20111208/eaa8852f/attachment-0001.html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 21:29:57 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Al Boyce <alboyce@comcast.net>
> To: mba@thebarn.com, mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [mba] MHBA December Meeting / Holiday Party: Fri, Dec 9 -
> 5:30-10pm, CSPS Hall, St.Paul
> Message-ID:
> <1380647569.825796.1323379797285.JavaMail.root@sz0030a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> MHBA December Meeting / Holiday Party:
>
> 2011 Holiday Potluck
> Where: CSPS Hall - 383 Michigan St., St. Paul - Above the Glockenspiel Restaurant - corner of Michigan St & West 7th
>
> When: Friday, December 9th from5:30 PM-10:00PM - Food sevice will begin at 7:00PM
> Set up will start around 5:30PM and tear down will begin at 9:30
>
> Again this Year: The club is providing a 5 gallon keg of commercial beer
> What to bring:
>
> Food: Bring a dish to share (the theme is dishes prepared with BEER), copies of the recipe, serving utensils and extension cords if necessary. A "People's Choice" award will be given for the best potluck dish with beer as an ingredient. Plates, napkins, and silverware will be provided.
>
> Beer to share: Bring any beer, mead or cider you wish to share. There will be a "Peoples Choice" award given for the best beer, mead or cider. Bottles, growlers or keg are welcome, the club jockey box will be available. The beers brewed at Learn To Homebrew Day in November will be available to sample. Don't forget a small tasting glass, some plastic glasses will be available in case of emergency.
>
> Beer to exchange: Bring up to 24 bottles to exchange with your fellow homebrewers. Label each bottle with your name, email address, style and beer name (if it has one). Everyone who participated draws a number and then selects a bottle in order until they receive as many bottles as they brought.
> Family and Friends: This is a family friendly event, so bring your significant other, kids, and any friends/family that have ever expressed an interest in homebrewing or beer. Just to be clear you or your guest don't have to be a club member to attend, but we encourage everyone to sign-up for membership for 2012 to support club activities in the future.
>
> Since this is one of the most attended gatherings of the year, it's a great opportunity to get out and meet your fellow homebrewers. If you have not made it to a meeting or would like to join the club, the Holiday potluck is a perfect chance to try some great homebrew, delicious food and exchange homebrew with others.
> Membership renewal or new member sign-up: If you would like to sign-up for a club membership or renew this is the main meeting for membership renewal, Neil Bromenshenkel will be on hand to collect your money and hand out your new membership cards. We will have pre-printed cards for current and currently lapsed members available. Which for those who don't know, are good for a 10% discount at the local homebrew shops(Northern Brewer, Midwest Supply, Brew & Grow, & Still-H2O)
> If you have any questions email me at csmitty42@yahoo. com.
> Hope to see you there.
> Chris Smith
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <http://www.thebarn.com/pipermail/mba/attachments/20111208/0526f380/attachment.html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> mba mailing list
> mba@thebarn.com
> http://www.thebarn.com/mailman/listinfo/mba
>
>
> End of mba Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4
> **********************************