divrguy
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LovesIPA said:I brewed a Racer 5 clone as my first ever batch, and used spring water. It came out great, but it was made with extract and bottled.
Go back in time. Do you like your tap water? If you like the taste of it... Use it for this test, if not, pick up some spring water, Pick up a new fermentation bucket or use a clean glass carboy that was cleaned with only a new batch or starsan and Water . Buy some spring water at your local market and don't mess with the water chemistry. Buy an extract kit from one of the large suppliers like Morebeer or AHS or Northern and do it. Bottle it in bottles that are clean. Don't use oxy.. PBW OR WHATEVER other cleaner. Water blast some racer 5 or Sierra Nevada bottles and then before you brew, rinse them with clean Starsan. Bottle. When it's done... Enjoy it. It will probably taste great!
This time buy a pre-made all grain kit and sub for the instructions above. When it is done, it should also most likely taste great.
Then start messing with your water again.... If it sucks..hmmmm .. Then keg...if it sucks... Hmmmm ...
Back to basics!
Most of the folks here have given you some fantastic advice but you seem to be dismissing all of them. Just my perception.. But maybe not true. RDWHAHB