phidelt1499
Well-Known Member
So I've been less than 100% happy with some of my brews lately, and I've begun to systematically tune my system in order to take my beer from "good" to "great."
Before brewing today, I tasted my water. I have a white potable water hose connected to a sink in the adjoining room that I run to the brewstand. Out of this hose, I tasted a "plastic-y" taste and just the overall bitterness of bad city water. Enter the brewstand water filter.
I went to Lowe's and bought the following:
1) A whirlpool whole-house filter housing. This has female 3/4" MPT threads on each side. $22
2) The accompanying carbon/charcoal filters. Best ones available for this housing. Say they remove chlorine, etc. $12 for two filters. Each filter lasts for 3 months for an entire house, so it should last a loooooong time for brewing.
3) 3/4" male MPT to garden hose ball valve. $8.50
4) 3/4" male MPT to 1/2" hose barb. $2
All told, about $45 and change
Before brewing today, I tasted my water. I have a white potable water hose connected to a sink in the adjoining room that I run to the brewstand. Out of this hose, I tasted a "plastic-y" taste and just the overall bitterness of bad city water. Enter the brewstand water filter.
I went to Lowe's and bought the following:
1) A whirlpool whole-house filter housing. This has female 3/4" MPT threads on each side. $22
2) The accompanying carbon/charcoal filters. Best ones available for this housing. Say they remove chlorine, etc. $12 for two filters. Each filter lasts for 3 months for an entire house, so it should last a loooooong time for brewing.
3) 3/4" male MPT to garden hose ball valve. $8.50
4) 3/4" male MPT to 1/2" hose barb. $2
All told, about $45 and change