fayderek14
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I was thinking next time we get a snow storm here in Boston to collect the snow as it falls and use it as our water for a batch. Any thoughts?
I don't know if anyone here has seen the show Brew Dogs but it one of the episodes they use water collected from the fog over the San Francisco Bay. I got the idea of snow from this.
It's a marketing gimmick, nothing more.
What? Besides the fact that it works, what is the gimmick?
Using RO water works too, but that wouldn't entice as many people to buy their beer.
Yeah - I would be a bit concerned about the unknowns that would be in there. Plus, at 30 cents a gallon - RO water is a lot less work and messing around.
The only problem I see with this is that there are not any minerals in snow. It would be like using distilled water. I use creek water I harvest from a mountain stream close to me for some if not all the water in my brews. Tastes Awsome and makes all my beer unique.
AND you'll be able to cut back on how much yeast nutrient you addif you use the yellow snow it will pre color your beer for you
People, people, people. It doesn't need to be purified or filtered or anything like that. It's going to boil in your kettle for an hour... Using snow is not a gimmick. It's fun. Why not use it?
We have a guy in our homebrew club who uses snow in the winter and Lake Superior water in the summer. He goes right to the beach with 5 gallon buckets.
Seems to me he said the snow is better for something lighter like a wheat beer because it really doesn't have the minerals you'd want for other beers.
Brew with snow and/or lake water! It's fine. :rockin:
FYI - it takes 7 - 5 gallon buckets of snow to get 5 gallons of water
People, people, people. It doesn't need to be purified or filtered or anything like that. It's going to boil in your kettle for an hour... Using snow is not a gimmick. It's fun. Why not use it?
We have a guy in our homebrew club who uses snow in the winter and Lake Superior water in the summer. He goes right to the beach with 5 gallon buckets.
Seems to me he said the snow is better for something lighter like a wheat beer because it really doesn't have the minerals you'd want for other beers.
Brew with snow and/or lake water! It's fine. :rockin:
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