All my sources of RO are dry and now of distilled too. Must be lots of hb’ers here in Michigan. So I found a Home Depot-esque store that had prob their “brand” of water called glacier mist and all they had left was purified drinking water in 1 gal jugs but on the label i noticed it says purified by reverse osmosis And doing some googling it says purified is up there with distilled as far as final ppm of less than 10. So is this good to go. I normlaly use RO and build my water profiles and Tomm is a neipa. Thanks
“Purified” store bought drinkin water ok to use if no RO/distilled around
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Double posted. Answered here... Purified drinking water. Store bought.
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it was. The brew science post is hit or miss And I need to get this water tonight to brew Tomm am.
Go on the companies web site and see if they have a water test report on that water. If so, you can use that as the baseline and enter it into one of the water calculators to adjust as needed.
I buy purified water at our local Menards big box hardware store. The water test report is readily available online and it is pretty good water to start with. More importantly, having the detailed water test report makes it easy to adjust for each specific beer. In fact, it requires less adjustment than RO or distilled water. I wouldn't even mess around with RO, distilled water or my tap water anymore as long as I can get this water with the water report.
I buy purified water at our local Menards big box hardware store. The water test report is readily available online and it is pretty good water to start with. More importantly, having the detailed water test report makes it easy to adjust for each specific beer. In fact, it requires less adjustment than RO or distilled water. I wouldn't even mess around with RO, distilled water or my tap water anymore as long as I can get this water with the water report.
More then likely it has minerals added. As Jim stated you may get the answer of how much from their site.
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I can't stand my house water even though it's filtered. It's OK for a quick drink but not for beer.
Do I use store bought water? You bet.
It's fine for brewing if the price is right and you can find a trusted brand. My choice is usually a soft spring water easily adjusted with salts for the beer being brewed. Using low mineral "soft" spring water is always a good starting choice for low SRM beers.
Do I use store bought water? You bet.
It's fine for brewing if the price is right and you can find a trusted brand. My choice is usually a soft spring water easily adjusted with salts for the beer being brewed. Using low mineral "soft" spring water is always a good starting choice for low SRM beers.
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