What water to use to brew

[mac_1103]

This is the grain bill:
6 lbs. Pale LMR
0.5 lbs. flaked oats mixed with
0.75 lbs. 2 row pale malt
0.5 lbs. chocolate malt mixed with
0.25 lbs. black patent malt

Sounds a little bit like this kit, but some ingredients are missing.

 

[Bobby_M]

My self am happy with the tap water I use for the styles I brew and don't add anything to remove chlorine etc. for the water profile.

It's absurd to consider removing chlorine to be too much trouble given how big of an improvement it would be and how little cost and effort it would take. Literally 2 pennies worth of metabisulfite thrown into the water while heating it up is all it takes. The other side of that argument is that many people can taste the chlorophenols in beers brewed with chlorine/chloramine treated water. This is kind of the bare minimum water treatment for people who don't do water treatment.

 

[OleBrewing]

It's absurd to consider removing chlorine to be too much trouble given how big of an improvement it would be and how little cost and effort it would take. Literally 2 pennies worth of metabisulfite thrown into the water while heating it up is all it takes. The other side of that argument is that many people can taste the chlorophenols in beers brewed with chlorine/chloramine treated water. This is kind of the bare minimum water treatment for people who don't do water treatment.

meh, by the time i add the grain to mash the majority of chlorine has gassed off. you can even make chlorinated water suitable enough for minnows by just pouring water between two buckets.

with that said the town I live in has recently been doing repairs to the water tower facility, so the water has been bypassing their filters and now is fairly terrible tasting (safe to drink but I don't cook with it). Purchased one of those RV filters. the filter in place removes the color, chlorine, and heavy sediments and leaves behind minerals. The source of this water is from a well deep below the town in a gravel bed aquifer. the main source taste from this water is coming from the water tower. I believe there is plans of it being replace also.

I have been pleased with this cheap filter will either add a system to the whole house or filter lines to kitchen sink and ice maker.

 

[deuc224]

I use RODI water, wont ever go back and its not that expensive.