Re: [mba] mba Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4 - mba

9 Dec 2011

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
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 2. MHBA December Meeting / Holiday Party: Fri, Dec 9 -
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 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:34:29 -0600
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 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 &lt;i(a)ianwhitney.com&gt; 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.
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