Water for reducing percentage...

[Spirits4BB]

Hi all,
Had a search but cannot see much... Honest, I did.

Just been cutting my last lot down to 40% with Morrisons bottled water (Yorkshire Vale) brand..
Trouble is, it's given it a slight haze? Can anyone recommend a good water to buy that doesn't cause problems.

Cheers guys.

S4BB

[Curmudgeon]

I was happily using the Lidl sub £1 for 5 litres spring water until I sold my car. Then I tried the 19p for 2 litres asda bottled water (though they'll only deliver 6 at a time for some reason) but the cats weren't keen. Now I'm on the Asda just over £1 for 5 litres spring water and the cats and I are happy again.

Even my tap water does the cloudy thing but clears. Someone smarter will say it's hard, has calcium, flouride etc

[vino-tinto]

Tesco Ashbeck water is my tipple, it comes in at 6.2 pH (I tested it) and costs £2.10 for six 2 litre bottles or a 5 litre bottle that makes a good wine fermenter afterwards.

[Duffer26]

I really struggle to buy spring water.

I can't get Del's Peckham Spring Water out of my mind.

[Mash]

Ditto! I am too tight

[Curmudgeon]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I also use the 5 litre water bottles as demijohns and to rack wash into for ease of movement and to free up fermemnters.

[Easydrinker]

For neutral spirit I simply use tap water and bung it through the Essencia.
It seems to take out all the stuff that I don't want.
Simples.

Robert.

[Spirits4BB]

Bought some cheapo bottled water from Morribobs priced at 29p for 2 litre........ Perfect.

[Curmudgeon]

Bought some cheapo bottled water from Morribobs priced at 29p for 2 litre........ Perfect.

No Morrisons in Ireland, but most supermarkets have "nice" 5 litres for around £1 with Lidl being cheapest. Asda 2 litres at 17p for the non mineral/spring stuff is great but is not much better than my tap water.

[The_blue]

My gin gazed at 40% so I keep it crystal clear at 42%.

[BlackMountains]

My gin hazed or louched last week, gutted.

I measured the ABV which should have been 43% and it was down to 35% , but it was very cold

Took a bottle of it and put it in a sink of hot water to warm to 20c . ABV read correctly but also the louche disappeared and the gin wa Crystal again, and stayed away !

I’m using mineral Water from a local spring company ,

Try taking a sample and warming it

[Easydrinker]

Liking the warming tip, I don't think that I have seen that before.

Robert.

[captainfog]

I used distilled water.

Did several blind taste tests with my wife using gin diluted with distilled water and gin diluted with tap water and she spotted the difference every time.

[Easydrinker]

You may have made the rod for your own back...
As long as you are happy.

Robert.

[Pyro]

Many years ago I went through a detoxification phase using different waters and was surprised to find the that I could detect the differences.

My favorite came from a spring that bubbled out of the ground up in the hills, I also found good water in a disused stone 19th century cistern that was in the woods near my home.