Garden hose water... how bad is it?

[bmac8]

Does something like this help? http://acehose.com/food-suction-discharge-hoses.htm#pvc-clear ---I just googled "food grade hose."

Good luck.

 

[Gridlocked]

I use one of these now from a garden hose. I suppose I should get a brewing specific one some day soon.
I installed one in my kitchen also and the water tastes pretty good from both (even from the hose).

 

[bmickey]

I second the RV hose and filter, that is exactly what I use and my brews thus far have turned out great.

 

[volcar]

Looks like nobody has actually gone out and tested the water out of the hose. I am going to run the water through my regular garden hose until it is cold and take a sample to get tested to see what is in it. These are relatively new hoses so no fertilizer or pesticides have been ran through them. But it will be interesting to see what is in the water.

 

[scottab]

That being said. what about a well flushed garden hose ran for 10 min + how long is it really in the hose? a few seconds at best?

If you are going to dedicate a hose you can get food grade tube fairly inexpensively, get tube wide enough that you can get hose couplings that will fit. There are reducers that work drip systems and will work with that setup as well.

Tube
http://morebeer.com/view_product/17608/beerwinecoffee/Silicone_Tubing_1_2"_ID_-_By_the_Foot

You will need to get tubing wide enough that you can get hose repair fittings to go on the ends.
You will prob also need a pressure regulator.
I def would not use garden hose since it does leach into the water.

 

[Ohio-Ed]

If you are going to dedicate a hose you can get food grade tube fairly inexpensively, get tube wide enough that you can get hose couplings that will fit. There are reducers that work drip systems and will work with that setup as well.

Tube
http://morebeer.com/view_product/17608/beerwinecoffee/Silicone_Tubing_1_2"_ID_-_By_the_Foot

You will need to get tubing wide enough that you can get hose repair fittings to go on the ends.
You will prob also need a pressure regulator.
I def would not use garden hose since it does leach into the water.

I found a 1/2" x 100' roll of PEX tubing at one of the big box stores for about the cost of a garden hose. PEX IS waterline, used inside houses, etc. You can find brass garden hose adapters that will push into the PEX if you heat the PEX a bit with a heat gun. PEX is not as easy to coil & uncoil as a garden hose but it has worked fantastically for me.

I had a real bad experience with the white RV, potable water hoses.
Before I add any water for brewing now, I taste the water from the hose and haven't had any issues since starting to use the PEX.

Good luck,
Ed

 

[chiefwigms]

Dumb to revive, but anyone use one of these? My last hose crapped out - it says drinking safe, but who knows:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P9XAHS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[clayton72]

I got this hose recently. Says it's drinking water safe. I've been keeping it inside over the winter. My old white RV hose spent the winter under a bush and has crud in the ends. Now that spring is here, might use the new hose. Anyone try one of these yet? Only related feedback I've seen is that RV folks seem to like them. Sure is lightweight and flexible. I just coil it in a bucket and put it in the garage.

https://www.amazon.com/4001-50-Lightweight-Flexible-Durable-Kink-Free/dp/B014M9PEXC/ref=sr_1_9?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1491212553&sr=1-9&keywords=flex+hose

 

[bajaedition]

RV hose is the way to go
get a mid priced one, they are designed to hold pressure and are food safe.

 

[stz]

This has run to 4 pages already, but when I last needed food grade reinforced polyvinyl tubing I bought a 25m roll off ebay and it was no more expensive than a mid price garden hose and while it is a bit tight to seal up it works fine with half inch hose fittings. If that is no good blue MDPE water pipe is pretty much the same price if not less and is designed for drinking water. Personally if it has been well flushed through and isn't dirty, hasn't been sat in or used for something gross I'd have no compunction using a garden hose to fill containers with cold water.