Which Water To Use??

bigm789 · 12-06-2006, 05:18 PM

So i am just getting started and was curious, what's the best water to use? i live in the city, but i have access to well water in the country. would that be better then buying purified water or purifying my own? any help would be greatly appreciated.

matt

uwmgdman · 12-06-2006, 05:30 PM

Any water you want really, if it tastes alright, use it. You can add things to water to give it mineral profile you want/need for different styles or mashing. At this point I wouldn't worry about any of that.......if you would drink the water, it will be fine for making beer.

**Orfy** · 12-06-2006, 05:32 PM

If the water doesn't have a bad taste then use it.
Go for the cheapest most convenient. If the beer tastes good then stick with it.

If not see if you can treat it, if not change.
If the worst comes to the worst, buy bottled.

**bradsul** · 12-06-2006, 05:34 PM

I live in the city and just use my tap water through an inline Brita faucet filter. I did my first few brews without the filter and as much as I may want to justify the expense by saying I could taste a difference, I couldn't.

bigm789 · 12-06-2006, 05:50 PM

well that's good to know! thanks a lot guys, i really appreciate the help. any other worth knowing tips or good threads i should know about??

Genghis77 · 12-06-2006, 07:19 PM

Brew with Evian bottled water at about $1.59 a liter. After you drink the result, try spelling Evian backwards.

**bradsul** · 12-06-2006, 09:55 PM

If you haven't read it already, the best place to start is by reading http://www.howtobrew.com/

Buford · 12-06-2006, 10:09 PM

I use the Glacier reverse osmosis processed water I can get at the local grocery store. I can refill jugs for only 39 cents a gallon, so it's worth my while to do it. The water is filtered and bacteria free, so I don't need to boil it. The time saved not having to boil all my water (I do partial boils and top up) is worth the $2 I pay for six gallons.

Glibbidy · 12-06-2006, 11:07 PM

Up here in Vermont, we use regular old water out of the tap, and it makes mighty fine beer. I find it hard to believe that people really go to the expense of using bottled water. Hey whatever floats your boat eh?
Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?

boo boo · 12-06-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by glibbidy

Up here in Vermont, we use regular old water out of the tap, and it makes mighty fine beer. I find it hard to believe that people really go to the expense of using bottled water. Hey whatever floats your boat eh?
Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?

Well I guess not everyone has fine municipal water like we do. Having said that, my father also has municipal water in the town he lives in and he has a water bottle cooler. He fills the bottle from the tap and everyone raves about his great tasting water, "better than that chlorine water from the tap". We laugh silently to ourselves.