Indygunworks
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I am going be making the jump into all grain soon, but even if that takes a while the process has lead me to look into water quality. I have only done one batch at the new place and it was done with water that came through my softener.
I don't particularly care for the taste of the water that's not ran through the softener, as I have about 12ppm of iron which isn't super high but enough to taste it.
I would like some advice on a starting point for how to get water. I am 30 minutes from the closest grocery store, and an hour from the closest brew store so I would like to avoid RO water if I can. I have a few options but with water testing at 30 bucks a pop I don't want to dump a bunch of money into figure out which method to start with.
Use straight well water no filter.
Use straight well water through the already existing paper filter. I have a HUGE big blue sediment filter.
Purchase a charcoal filter for the big blue (probably expensive but should last a LOOONG time) and change filters our when I draw the water for brewing.
Use an inline RV charcoal filter on the well water
Use softened water
Use RO water from Kroger and amend
So those are the options.... where is my best starting point to draw a sample and send in to figure out what amendments I would need to make?
If I use the well water I think I should draw it 24 hours in advance and treat it with Camden tablets to make sure any bacteria from the well are killed.
I don't particularly care for the taste of the water that's not ran through the softener, as I have about 12ppm of iron which isn't super high but enough to taste it.
I would like some advice on a starting point for how to get water. I am 30 minutes from the closest grocery store, and an hour from the closest brew store so I would like to avoid RO water if I can. I have a few options but with water testing at 30 bucks a pop I don't want to dump a bunch of money into figure out which method to start with.
Use straight well water no filter.
Use straight well water through the already existing paper filter. I have a HUGE big blue sediment filter.
Purchase a charcoal filter for the big blue (probably expensive but should last a LOOONG time) and change filters our when I draw the water for brewing.
Use an inline RV charcoal filter on the well water
Use softened water
Use RO water from Kroger and amend
So those are the options.... where is my best starting point to draw a sample and send in to figure out what amendments I would need to make?
If I use the well water I think I should draw it 24 hours in advance and treat it with Camden tablets to make sure any bacteria from the well are killed.