nyer
Well-Known Member
My goal is to brew a great IPA. Until now they have been far from great and I think it's because I have been using softened water. I did make one really good IPA but I used extract for that one. All of the others have been all grain and they have no hop flavor at all. I have read everything I could find about water and I'm still confused about it.
The water I have been using is from a well, it goes thru a plastic bead type water softener and then a white filter and then a carbon filter. I have a valve that is straight well water before it goes thru anything and it's hard water, maybe very hard water. I am thinking that I should hook up my RV hose to the valve and use an RV filter that goes on the hose and try that water for an IPA.
Should this work and/or should I be using that 5.2 buffer stuff??
The water I have been using is from a well, it goes thru a plastic bead type water softener and then a white filter and then a carbon filter. I have a valve that is straight well water before it goes thru anything and it's hard water, maybe very hard water. I am thinking that I should hook up my RV hose to the valve and use an RV filter that goes on the hose and try that water for an IPA.
Should this work and/or should I be using that 5.2 buffer stuff??