ok so i keep making these batches and the last two I did were good but they all leave a taste thats hard to explain.
The water in the house I move to has really really hard water. The hardest I have ever seen. So I bought a whirlpool water softner. It then goes through a Dupre two stage filter. Ok you think by now it would be fine, but I am having my doubts.
I got two questions:
1. What is a cheap way to test my water for brewing, ie giving me a profile with the mag, chl etc.
2. If I get to paranoid to use my home water on the next batch is there a brand or type I should go with? I already figured I would use a big bag of ice to cool it down so that would be a potable water source. Any big differences in distilled vs spring water or drinking water etc?
The water in the house I move to has really really hard water. The hardest I have ever seen. So I bought a whirlpool water softner. It then goes through a Dupre two stage filter. Ok you think by now it would be fine, but I am having my doubts.
I got two questions:
1. What is a cheap way to test my water for brewing, ie giving me a profile with the mag, chl etc.
2. If I get to paranoid to use my home water on the next batch is there a brand or type I should go with? I already figured I would use a big bag of ice to cool it down so that would be a potable water source. Any big differences in distilled vs spring water or drinking water etc?