conpewter
Well-Known Member
Ok so I've been muddling with water profiles, brewing salts, ideal profiles etc for a little while, and realizing that I will need to dilute my tap water with some distilled/RO water (Or start off with distilled/RO water and build the water I want with salts)
I also just installed a vent-free heater in my detatched garage/shop that makes it a bit too humid in there. I have an extra dehumidifier that I'm going to put out there (as soon as I get the electric hooked up...) and came to the thought of using that water for brewing.
I figure that it is basically distilled water, but may have some VOCs and dust in it. So I'd set up a activated carbon filter, with a pretty small micron rating (Could do this for $20-30 unlike the $100 RO system) and I'm not too worried about bacteria since I'll be boiling all of it anyway.
There is some precident to this in commercial machines now available that you can put in your home or office and have distilled water without any water hookups or water bottles.
Air2Water - pure water, water machine, water from air, quality water, drinking water, water system
Thoughts?
I also just installed a vent-free heater in my detatched garage/shop that makes it a bit too humid in there. I have an extra dehumidifier that I'm going to put out there (as soon as I get the electric hooked up...) and came to the thought of using that water for brewing.
I figure that it is basically distilled water, but may have some VOCs and dust in it. So I'd set up a activated carbon filter, with a pretty small micron rating (Could do this for $20-30 unlike the $100 RO system) and I'm not too worried about bacteria since I'll be boiling all of it anyway.
There is some precident to this in commercial machines now available that you can put in your home or office and have distilled water without any water hookups or water bottles.
Air2Water - pure water, water machine, water from air, quality water, drinking water, water system
Thoughts?