"Found a great website on brewing water published by a water resources engineer (and a homebrewer) that I found very helpful. Just wanted to pass it along: http://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/"
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Jeremy Sievers
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- Des Moines, IA
- United States
- March 18, 2010
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Jeremy Sievers's Discussions
Des Moines Water Reports
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Created this as a place to put water report from Des Moines Water Works.
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Paszek Apr 8.
Des Moines Water Reports
Created this as a place to put water report from Des Moines Water Works.
Started Mar 24, 2011
New Brewery done: Links to info, and plans
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I have added a few galleries and discussion to different forum about my build, here are the links... Photos: …Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Osier Feb 24, 2011.
Running 1/2 black pipe and propane
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I am going to do 1/2 black pipe and propane for my new brewery. Going from tank to 0-60psi adjustable pressure regulator, gas hose, then gas ball valve to main stretch of pipe.Off main stretch have…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Osier Feb 16, 2011.
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Lyle Erickson replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"I believe DMMW still uses only chlorine.
I know this was true some years ago when I looked into it for treating the water for my aquariums. For brewing I use an activated charcoal filter, which would work for both chlorine and chloramine, so…"
Aaron Reif replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"I'm wondering if we need to worry about chloramine with Des Moines water, or is there main source of disinfectant chlorine?
I'm trying to design a water filter and deciding what I really need."
Matt Melcher replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"Thanks for posting - I just can't wrap my head around water chemistry.
What kinds of treatments do you make? What do you add? How much? When? And why?"
Torrey Johnson replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"I posted the entire report on the Notes section as well. I'll plan on doing that every month until I forget.
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Jeremy Sievers replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"Here is the September 2011 numbers...
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Jeremy Sievers commented on Matt Melcher's event IBU Monthly Meeting"I am the brewer of the month. Mine is ready to go, will have 1 month to lager to perfection.
Looking forward to talking about, I did a double step mash, one step was a decoction."
Jeremy Sievers commented on Torrey Johnson's event Iowa State Fair "Home Brew" Competition"This is very important information, order tags now! The deadline for the July 1 is for the tags, not the beer. The beer is due on July 23rd. You also don't need to know what beer you are going to enter, you just need to initially need…"
Jeremy Sievers replied to Doug Ley's discussion BeerSmith & Keggle Specific Heat"I do this too, hit pretty much every time. I get the water to the right temp in the mash tun, once correct by the software, add the grain."
Jeremy Sievers replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"Good points, Sulfate doesn't need to get nearly up to the 800ppm levels. Even if you just go with pre-mixed Burton Salts, their addition is in the 350 range. I don't have any specifics on what a "standard burtonization"…"
Torrey Johnson replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"I agree with Matt to an extent. I Burtonize my water, but not the levels that they actually did back in the day. Agreed, way overboard. You just need a higher SO4 content to bring out the hops flavor and bitterness. I'd say around a Cl:Mg ratio…"
Matt Humphrey replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"If you want my thoughts on this...
Don't Burtonize your water. At least, not fully. That's way overboard. Even traditional English type breweries like Firestone Walker with the Burton barrel system don't push the water up much above…"
Jeremy Sievers commented on Steve Becker's photo
The Dog Fish Head Brewery in Rehoboth, DE
"I love the whirlpool valve.....anyone try to weld one of these on? I have been doing a whirlpool with my immersion chiller, works amazingly."
Jeremy Sievers replied to Jeremy Sievers's discussion Des Moines Water Reports"March water report just in for DMWW...
City
Calcium
Magnesium
Bicarbonate
Sulfate
Sodium
Chloride
Des Moines (Fleur)
39
13
85
44
14
29
Des Moines (Maffitt)
29
14
87
35
10
23
Des Moines (Saylorville)
37
12
181
25
28
9
Please check…"
Josh Conley commented on Jeremy Sievers's photo
East Kent Goldings
"where do u live, i still have never seen hops growing, let me know if you want some help pruning or harvesting ill be down for it
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Keanan Ludeman commented on Jeremy Sievers's photoEast Kent Goldings
"it's getting there! My EKG and Cascade are taking off. one of them is about 8-9' tall already."
Profile Information
- Extract or All Grain?
- All Grain
- You've been brewing beer since?
- December 1, 2009
- Favorite Beer Style?
- English Bitters
- IBU Memeber Since?
- March 18, 2010
Jeremy Sievers's Photos
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 9:49am on February 2, 2011, Torrey Johnson said…
Hey Jeremy,
Thanks for the comment. So far the site seems to working out pretty good. I'll talk to Mike Edwards about the link and get that fixed. As far as the mail list goes, we're going to keep it just because a lot of people still like it and don't want to use the website. I'm sure as time goes by, this will take over but at least it will cut down on the amount of emails we get :)
Anyways, yea the notes thing is a little messy. Tried messing with it a while back but just forgot about it. I'll do some CSS work on the page and see what I can do when I get some time. I like your suggestion. It would make it easier. Thanks again
Torrey
- At 7:25pm on February 22, 2011,
Drew Snodgrass said… - Just scrolled thru you flickr pictures on the build. Your brewstand is sick! I also enjoy the pressure gauge on the propane line.
- At 10:30am on April 18, 2011,
Shawn Yockey said… Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I'll try to find you tonight to discuss our JCHH.
Also... awesome photos :)
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