BrewmeisterSmith
Well-Known Member
I've been brewing for a while and using the water out of my kitchen faucet. The problem is that my kitchen faucet uses soft water. I'd like to use plain old tap water. I hear that soft water creates a chalky and bitter taste. I don't see it in my more robust brews, but notice it slightly in my lighter ones. The water report for Kalamazoo is below. Without getting too complicated, what advice can be offered? Anyone from Kalamazoo? How do you use your tap water in your mash? Do you treat it first, etc.
I'm going to try my next batch with water straight from the garden hose and just throw in a Campden tablet. I was even thinking about adding an easily connectable carbon filter to the garden hose. Looking for further advice.
http://www.kalamazoocity.org/docs/2011WQR.pdf
I'm going to try my next batch with water straight from the garden hose and just throw in a Campden tablet. I was even thinking about adding an easily connectable carbon filter to the garden hose. Looking for further advice.
http://www.kalamazoocity.org/docs/2011WQR.pdf