chlorine

[bdoty1117]

I have been brewing with good well water, but now have moved and have city water, that taste of chlorine, I plan oh using bottled water for brewing, I am wondering about chlorine in sanitizing equipment, will dishwasher heat kill chlorine? mainly wondering about bottles & carboy. thanks

 

[RunBikeBrew]

Dealing with chlorine is easy. Just use campden tablets in mash and sparge water.

(Also, cities tend to use chloramine now, instead of chlorine. It's more stable, and harder to get rid of, but campden works great.)

Before I started using campden, I'd get a rubbery taste that was from chlorophenols.

 

[malkore]

I too say "use campden". you can split 1 tablet, crushed, between two 5 gallon carboys and they'll be chlorine/chloramine free in a few minutes.

lots cheaper than bottled water.

 

[Germelli1]

Heat won't kill chlorine...its a chemical, not an organism

 

[jthoresen]

A charcoal filter system works wonders.