Water that's been sitting out

Lodovico · Mar 23, 2011

Probably a stupid question but I'm a paranoid brewer. I always pull my water 24-48 hours in advance to let the chlorine dissipate off. My brew day got delayed and by the time I use the water, it will have sat out for 4 days.

Does anything change in tap water (mineral profile-wise) when it's sat out for several days or should I be just fine using this?

Revvy · Mar 23, 2011

is it sealed? I'd be worried about airborne contaminants more than anything.

Lodovico · Mar 23, 2011

Revvy said:
is it sealed? I'd be worried about airborne contaminants more than anything.

Not sealed. It's just 20 gallons of water sitting in kettles in my basement.

Would contaminants matter in all pre-boil water?

Lodovico · Mar 23, 2011

I realize it's just water and I have no problem pulling new water but now I'm just curious about the answer to this.

Revvy · Mar 23, 2011

Lodovico said:
Not sealed. It's just 20 gallons of water sitting in kettles in my basement.

Would contaminants matter in all pre-boil water?

Good point, prolly not. And since it's in metal no worry about leaching from the containers...

Good question, though.

AnOldUR · Mar 23, 2011

I do the same thing, but toss a towel over the pot thinking that it will let the chlorine out, but not let bad stuff in.

I'd be worried about solid contaminates (bug, dust . . ) not bacteria.

In your case, if there was a lot of evaporation the mineral content could be effected, so I'd dump it. Otherwise, if it was visually clean, I'd use it.

ajdelange · Mar 23, 2011

The only thing to be concerned about would be bacteria growing in the water. Where there is CO2 and water that seems to be enough. In a few days the growth won't amount to much and you are going to boil it but over time bacterial slime can become noticeable.

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