Oh, that is right.  Duh!

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Renee <gaiac...@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Um, don’t think so.  According to some articles the only way to get a
> high ph (anything over neutral) is if the water has a lot of minerals in
> it.  That’s why the expensive machines also have a setting for dropping in
> liquid minerals so that as the water makes the ph it stays.  ****
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> Best CS is made when there’s very little of anything in the water.  So I
> have to wonder if adding minerals to water to get and stabilize the higher
> ph, if that would exclude good CS.****
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> Maybe I’ll ask this on Mike’s silver list.  It’s a good question.****
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> Samala,****
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> Renee****
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> Anyhow, I suppose one could run DW through an alkalizer and then use that
> to brew CS.  ****
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