A New One in Baltimore

Hello everyone,
I'm new to brewing, got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas, it had extract enough for 4 brews. I made the first two, not bad, not that great. Used the last two at once, almost ready to drink. Planning on making my first extract/PM batch tomorrow and my first AG Saturday. Its taken me about a month to accumulate and build everything necessary for AG, but I think I'm ready.

I'm a chemist by trade, I deal with drinking water for a local utility, so it figures brewing was only a matter of time. I'm sure I'll be looking for a bit of advice here and there, and hopefully I'll be able to contribute my fair share as well.

Thanks!

Welcome!

So, maybe you can adjust the entire city water profile to be better for brewers.

Welcome to the site! I live in Bel Air, but work for a rather large water & sewer utility in Laurel. What utility are you with?

Welcome from Joppa!

Thanks for the welcome.

Sorry, I can't help you with Baltimore City water - my utility covers PG and Montgomery counties.

For now I'm using bottled spring water without issue.

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Bmorebrew said:

my utility covers PG and Montgomery counties.

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Bmorebrew said:

Thanks for the welcome.

Sorry, I can't help you with Baltimore City water - my utility covers PG and Montgomery counties.

For now I'm using bottled spring water without issue.

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im in moco.... is my water safe???????????

claphamsa said:

im in moco.... is my water safe???????????

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Here's your water report

wow, thanks... now what does that mean

You'll have to ask BmoreBrew, he's the chemist. I'm a mere computer programmer, and know nothing of such things.

Municipal water is uncompromisingly safe - for me the concern is with residual chlorine. Generally speaking, residual chlorine is usually in the range of 1 or 2 parts per million. This is a very minute amount, but there are compounds that can be formed in-situ which contribute off-tastes to the beer because they have taste thresholds well down into the ppb range (1000 times less than ppm). Here is a related, albeit technical article.

You can buy bottled spring water, boil your water the day before, or use Campden tablets to combat this.