Newbie from Dallas, TX

[DeafSmith]

on the water, Richardson isn't too terrible bad. It is treated with chloramine though. Use metabisulfate or campden tablets as suggested above or you will get a pretty heavy band-aid flavor out of it. At least...I did. I think if you go to www.cor.net they have a water report on the city website.

FYI: I read in a byo article (and did a bit of maths)... the ratio of metabisulfate:water is 0.7 grams per gallon to remove chloramine. Works like a charm for me.

Welcome to your new addiction you two.

I think they have already done that brew - I think it may have been a partial mash - not sure what they used for water.

0.7 grams metabisulfite per gallon is way more than needed - that is enough for 20 gallons - see this discussion:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/c...sulfite-de-chlorinate-de-chloraminate-163230/

For all grain brewing, the water reports can be obtained from the North Texas Municipal Water District web site - they supply water to Richardson, Garland, and various other cities (but not Dallas):

http://www.ntmwd.com/water_quality.html

Use the Wylie WTP.

Also, of course, check the Brewing Water Chemistry Primer thread:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/

 

[BetterSense]

For what it's worth, I've made probably half a dozen all-grain brews on Richardson water where I either forgot the campden tablet or didn't know any better, and I haven't noticed any band-aid flavors yet.

 

[neosapien]

yeah, my initials were extracts so that could have played into it as well. who knows. i got bored with extract brewing almost immediately and started reading .


http://byo.com/stories/wizard/artic...ing-chloramine-a-historical-hopping-mr-wizard

^ that's the article i found. i think. hell, i don't know. i had many beers last night.

Edit #2: Lol. .07 is what I meant to put previously. Bloody significant digits.

 

[ASassyBeerChick83]

I live very near Garland, near Jupiter road and Belt line. Such a small internet! You should let me sample your brews when they get ready

Ha! We live at Miller & Garland!! Small world!! We should sample beers together, for sure!!