Gabe
It's a sickness!
I have used distilled water in all my brews, whats this I hear about it not being good to brew with? I thought malt grain has all the minerals I need to convert.
gabe said:I have used distilled water in all my brews, whats this I hear about it not being good to brew with? I thought malt grain has all the minerals I need to convert.
david_42 said:A couple breweries in the Las Vegas area process their water extensively. It's good enoughfor people to drink, but the county won't let them brew with it.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that. It may have been sterile when it was collected, but it sits for a while, usually, before it's purchased and/or used, which is plenty of time for stuff to get into it.glibbidy said:Distlilled water is definitley Sterile. i.e., there ain't nothing alive in it.
bikebryan said:I wouldn't go so far as to say that. It may have been sterile when it was collected, but it sits for a while, usually, before it's purchased and/or used, which is plenty of time for stuff to get into it.
I would agree that it is free of minerals and pollutants.
kornkob said:And not to be additionally pedantic, odds are the container it was put in wasn't sterile -- merely sanitary.
david_42 said:If you are doing all grain, then distilled water is probably ok. I would not use it without yeast nutrient, myself.
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