Distilled Water vs Tap water

[ozibrewer]

Hi all, what do people use.
Over here tap water comprises a mixture of dam (rain) water and groundwater (with dissolved salts).
Personally, I drink the tap water all the time and it\'s OK for general purposes,and I used it with my first dilutions and they taste pretty good to me (ss ouzo and ozi rum).
Is it worth doing a slow 6 hour water distillation out of the Ezistill or purchase it at Aus$3.50/four litres?
Sheers.

[Ronbo]

Hi OziBrewer,

Over here still water is about £3.09 for 9 Litres. My favourite is \'Highland Spring\'

but you can get \'Aqua Pura for even less -- about £1.99 for 9 Litres. Not sure I\'d be happy with the electric bill trying to distill that amount!

I always use it for dilution, but whether it is worth using for fermenting also, I dunno. I just know that our tap water leaves a green stain on anything it comes into contact with for a long time. I guess you just need to experiment!
Welcome Mark1.

Ronbo.

[HangOver]

hi ozi

some swear by reverse osmosis, rain water, bottled IMO its what ever tastes best for you. I have one of those cheap carbon filters fixed to the tap and it does a good enough job for me. I have tried it with and without and cant really notice the difference.
If your worried about limescale build up in your still every I dunno, erm 2-3 washes run diluted white vinegar and water for about 30mins once it starts dripping.

Turn it off then rinse container when cold, keeps it sparkly.

WA

[Ronbo]

Hi Ozi, how\'s the fog?

Scottish brewers reckon the reason their Whisky is so distinctive is the Mountain spring water they use.

This is what is in the stuff I use -
per Litre
Calcium 10.0 mG

Magnesium 2.5 mG

Sodium 9.0 mG

Potassium 2.0 mG

Bicarbonate 25.0 mG

Chloride 12.0 mG

Sulphate 10.0 mG

Nitrate 11.0 mG

pH 6.2
There also seems to be quite a lot of water in the bottle!

Ronbo.

[ozibrewer]

Thanks guys. No fog here Ronbo. This is the wide sunburnt land....
Sheers.

[Andy]

We had some nasty fog during the week in Brisbane.

As for the water, in my wash\'s I only ever use tap water.

For cutting my spirit I use this http://www.noblebeverages.com/ at $6 for 10 liters its a safe bet.

[ozibrewer]

Thanks Andy; I\'ll get some.
Sheers.

[marc83]

tap water for the washes,and tap water to dilute,all ends up going through my filter.

[Andy]

I stopped using my filter, dont need it with the T500

[marc83]

Are you still using turbo yeasts andy?just that i dont think i would trust the still alone to remove all impurities.

[Andy]

Mark, yea I have been using the Vodka Star for the last god knows how many wash\'s.

Cleanest of the clean.

[BundyRed]

To use the Turbo 500 as a water purifier, do you just run it hotter.

[Andy]

I wouldnt have a clue but I would guess that the packing in the column would need to come out???

[Legless]

Andy - Just bought the whole T500 kit - you say you dont use the carbon filter??? Myabe I\'ll just use it to filter the tap water for diluting down to 40%

[Andy]

Thats not a bad idea the bloody thing is just sitting there doing nothing except for when my Mum brings here smelly air still runs to be filtered.