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What RO system do you use? Is it hooked to a sink or your house or is it stand alone? Do you have any issues if you use it only periodically to brew? And how fast can you fill your system? Thanks!

I've heard pH is most important. I guess finding out the consistency of the source is step one. Thanks!

This is going back to my pool operator days but the only difference between chlorine is chloramines is that chloramines have been attached to ammoni molecules. Which may be benifficial to drinking water but has similar affects in brewing as chlorine. Both or meant to kill living organisms that...

I used to buy all my water because I never trusted the ancient water pipes in Philadelphia. Now I live where the water system is much better and it has me looking into how people treat their water. I'm interested to hear how other people deal with city water in what city they live in.

Glad you could appreciate the song!

During my evening brew and music enjoyment I listened to my much loved song, The Parting Glass ( by the High Kings). It had me wondering, home brewing is a hobby and a passion. I want to know what some of your original recipes are that you would say is your greatest accomplishment and what...

I need to get the test done. But I don't trust phillys water to much. If there water department is run like anything else in the city then who knows what actually is in it. I would never buy a wolle house filter. Though I own my house I'm in the military so I want something portable. Should be...

Nice, I have not reached that level yet. I do All-grain and have not invested the time yet to change around my water profiles but its coming. First I want a solution to not purchasing water. Do you think charcoal filters will remove enough of the chlorine/chloramines? Having a background in pool...

thought i found it but NOPE

I know on a macro level and for home brewing they are functionally equivalent but in theory???

agrazela-So you obviously work in a lab setting. Do you think there is a significant difference in RO vs DI? also how long in advanced do you prep your water and do you change your additives based on the brew or just use the same water each time?

So let me preface this with this being a conversation/question thread on theory and maybe not real life practice. I am wondering what others opinions are on utilizing deionized water for homebrewing. Let me explain... I was at work talking about deionized water and the process it uses to...

Signed up and I'm in!

I'm in I'm in

I'm definitely in!