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yes, to the extent of the filters capability, i live in a very hard, rated water supply area, so the softeners probably only take it down to Hard rating

eventually, installed a whole of house water softener from "water filterman", not salt treatment, ceramic and carbon filters that you change every couple of years. My local waterboard is also chloramine treated so use a campden tablet for each 5 gallon to treat the water with before brewing begins ...

so, my 12 Gal wash had been fermenting for ten days in a temperature controlled fridge and inkbird controller, and had slowed down to a bubble every 2 seconds or so. Thinking it must be nearly done i checked the s.g. which was still at 1.050 from a start of 1.100 og. Checked the p.h. at 2.69 so ...

Hi Stillbrewing, was the fermentation problem addressed? I thought it unusual to ferment on the grain, as mentioned, from this i surmise that no wort boil took place? Could it be the difference in American Barley and British Barley, or the yeast is extracting too much tannins from the Barley Husk ...

doe's anyone bring their sugarwash p.h. down with citric acid? i read 5.4 was a better place for the yeast to be happier, lol

Thank's everyone for replying

it would pay dividends for him to pay 40 quid for a water supply analysis, and then go to brewers friend to use their software, problems could be shown up in the grain bill/ water/ Adjuncts etc, it then shows the recommendation for adding or subtracting chemicals to meet the desired p.h. 8-) good ...

Cheers ice, that was interesting. The stainless T500 i use has copper saddles and a copper coil in the top section. they were almost black after 4 stripping runs, luckily the tip on here about using citric acid, cleaned everything up brilliantly. I do the spirit runs on an alembic pot, and after ...

Hi all, anyone using distillers copper mesh or sulphur beaters in their columns, apparently (by the seller) they are recommended for stainless steel columns to cut down on carried over "smells" in the distillate vapour thus making a totally neutral smell spirit? any thoughts?
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