Aspera

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Catt22

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Sounds like a lot of trouble to go through to me. What expensive plastic landfill? You mean the filter cartridge? The cartridge uses only a small amount of plastic and I've been using the same one for several years now. I would say that if one wanted to walk the talk, it might be better to refrain from brewing altogether. Think of all that CO2 that won't be released into the atmosphere contributing to the carbon load and global warming. There's some heat generated in the process too. Not to mention many of us are burning up gobs of non-renewable dinosaur gas. This is not a very green sport!

mr_goodwrench

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I like your all of your setups. I have been using an ice maker filter to remove the cholrine from my tap water. My brewing water has been coming from my kitchen tap and being transported outside to the deck where my HLT is set up. I have taken a bit of a hiatus from brewing since November and will be getting back in the swing of things very soon. I will be moving my entire operation to the garage where it will have a dedicated setup. I plan on changing to a whole house filter mounted to my brew cart to feed my electric HLT.

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Denny's Evil Concoctions

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Yes, unfiltered was very chloriney. Can't remember what the test said but there is a huge taste diff.

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Spine

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Just a heads up - I just built a brew stand and mounted an activated carbon filter to help remove the chlorine from my city supply. I fed the whole brew stand with a vinyl garden hose for portability. It turns out the garden hose was adding an awful garden hose taste (when comparing side by side with tap water) that the filter wouldn't remove and didn't seem to ever go away. I have since converted the feed to my brew stand to PEX water piping and it has made a world of difference.

mr_goodwrench

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I plan to use RV water hose to supply the filter. Regular vinyl garden hose is not meant for drinking water.

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Catt22

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Oh man that sucks. Avoiding garden hoses is something most of us learned early on. I use the white Swan brand marine/RV hoses approved for use with drinking water. Never a problem with them.

trefoyl

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**Prints shopping list**
Going to Lowes!

SouthernYankee

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Same!