Water worries

[HomeDrewBrew]

Would it not add the minerals that the Ro is lacking without overdoing it?I have very hard water although ive done 4 All grain that have been fine,but do have an Ro system setup.
Thanks

 

[bja]

Would it not add the minerals that the Ro is lacking without overdoing it?I have very hard water although ive done 4 All grain that have been fine,but do have an Ro system setup.
Thanks

So you want to fix something that's not broken...

Nobody can tell you what will happen without knowing what's in your tap water.

 

[stuknkrvl]

Update -

It's been two weeks since I started this thing. Six days ago it was at 1.032. Now it's at 1.029, it's a gorgeous burnt orange color, and it tastes like home made pumpkin pie - absolutely fantastic, better than I could have hoped for. That said, I think I screwed up somewhere.

I'm thinking...

• I read my OG incorrectly (used a refractometer instead of a hydrometer)
• It simply hasn't finished fermenting
• OG was right, it's done fermenting, but it didn't attenuate completely

I went ahead and racked it over to secondary tonight to get it off all that trub. I'm gonna let it sit for a week and check the gravity again. If it's holding at 1.029 I'll go ahead and bottle it. Like I said, it tastes amazing, so worst case scenario is I have an extremely sessionable 3.5% pumpkin ale.

I'll keep you posted.

 

[estricklin]

Update -

It's been two weeks since I started this thing. Six days ago it was at 1.032. Now it's at 1.029, it's a gorgeous burnt orange color, and it tastes like home made pumpkin pie - absolutely fantastic, better than I could have hoped for. That said, I think I screwed up somewhere.

I'm thinking...

• I read my OG incorrectly (used a refractometer instead of a hydrometer)
• It simply hasn't finished fermenting
• OG was right, it's done fermenting, but it didn't attenuate completely

I went ahead and racked it over to secondary tonight to get it off all that trub. I'm gonna let it sit for a week and check the gravity again. If it's holding at 1.029 I'll go ahead and bottle it. Like I said, it tastes amazing, so worst case scenario is I have an extremely sessionable 3.5% pumpkin ale.

I'll keep you posted.

Looking good already!

You'll find that most others on this forum, (myself included), usually recommend against doing a secondary.

If you suspect you have bad tap water, then buying spring water from the store is about the smartest, and easiest thing you can do. Most of the stuff sold as spring water has been ran through an RO system, and then had minerals added back to it so that it has more of a neutral taste. Please, don't get too caught up in the water thing right now, there's only about 1,000 other things that will actually impact the flavor of your beer a lot more than using your store bought spring water.

Let the beer ride for a while longer, and good luck on brewing one of my personal favorite styles!