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Re: local water

2015-05-11T13:58:47+00:00

I think I might have considered bottling it and selling it on EBAY

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Mon May 11, 2015 1:58 pm

Re: local water

2015-05-11T12:22:57+00:00

Easydrinker wrote:
My slowly supplied mains water is so soft that it sort of sneaks up on you.
Over the last few years the chlorination has become noticeable,as has the lack of peaty brown colour.Used to be that you may run a bath and think twice about getting into it!
Not all progress is good,IMHO.

Robert.

I'd be focusing on whiskey making in that circumstance

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Mon May 11, 2015 12:22 pm

Re: local water

2015-05-10T22:41:44+00:00

My slowly supplied mains water is so soft that it sort of sneaks up on you.
Over the last few years the chlorination has become noticeable,as has the lack of peaty brown colour.Used to be that you may run a bath and think twice about getting into it!
Not all progress is good,IMHO.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun May 10, 2015 10:41 pm

Re: local water

2015-05-10T11:08:37+00:00

And yes, I routinely carbon filter my neutral/vodka.......

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Sun May 10, 2015 11:08 am

Re: local water

2015-05-10T11:06:48+00:00

popcorn sutton wrote:
thanks mate i have hard water in my area .when i cut i put it though a carbon filter

Hard as nails down here too.

I circumvent that by using RO water (£3.50 per 25 litres from a local aquarium shop). It is <50 PPM TDS, so close to distilled water.

I usually use Vodka Star so nutrients aren't a problem. If you like a wine yeast, I work out the numbers for 350 PPM nitrogen using Fermaidk as a guide then just substitute the weight for tronozymol (got both Fermaidk and FermaidO, but they're fuckers to get here, so get saved for wines, meads and ciders).......

Seems to work fine........

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Sun May 10, 2015 11:06 am

Re: local water

2015-05-08T08:44:02+00:00

thanks mate i have hard water in my area .when i cut i put it though a carbon filter

Statistics: Posted by popcorn sutton — Fri May 08, 2015 8:44 am

Re: local water

2015-05-07T18:23:07+00:00

Water is quite a big subject. Having read through this report, nothing screams out at me. It would be worth checking the hardness on the website.

Hardness is important - hard water is a lot easier to work with. Temporary hardness can be reduced by boiling and then racking. Soft water in extreme often leads people to Tesco's for bottled water.

water quality is far more important for beer making than it is for spirits.

If it tastes okay, it probably is okay for fermenting.

For spirits production I don't think it will be an issue because you are not drinking the finished product.

If you are concerned about the water at all, the important water is what you cut with. The choices here are is your tap okay, if it is just carbon filter it - everything will be fine. If you are concerned about it buy some bottled water and cut with that.

as far as water treatment is concerned, I am a big fan of if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Thu May 07, 2015 6:23 pm

local water

2015-05-07T18:02:04+00:00

is this good to make spirit's see attachment

Statistics: Posted by popcorn sutton — Thu May 07, 2015 6:02 pm