Who uses garden hose water to brew?

[TheJasonT]

I know some of the best beer I've had came from a brewer that uses three in-line carbon water filters and tap water. It's a pretty damn cool setup.

 

[TobyG]

I use potable RV hoses and a 2 stage RV sediment/GAC/KDF filter. This is going to catch any sediment and/or bacteria. Then I typically treat with Campden tablets to eliminate the chloramine that our water source uses and add the minerals to make up for what our water lacks and acid to counteract the alkalinity that our water has plenty of when needed.

 

[mgr_stl]

Has anyone recently purchased a 6-foot (or so) RV hose? I'm looking to buy one and am looking around at prices.

 

[markmc40]

I use the regular garden hose with an in-line RV filter I picked up at Wal-Mart for about 15 bucks. Keep it dry and with the brew gear when not in use. Works just as good as the filter in the fridge and is actually a little bigger.

 

[TobyG]

Has anyone recently purchased a 6-foot (or so) RV hose? I'm looking to buy one and am looking around at prices.

Don't recall seeing that size. I have a 10' that I bought from Amazon for less than $7. I recall seeing 4' also, but that was more expensive than the 10'.

 

[outside92129]

leadfree garden hose for me, no taste to it. Many minutes of water are used to pre-clean and wash down the area prior to brewing so the hose has been flushed many-a-time.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

leadfree garden hose for me, no taste to it. Many minutes of water are used to pre-clean and wash down the area prior to brewing so the hose has been flushed many-a-time.

lead is tasteless

 

[mikescooling]

lead is tasteless

lead is tasteless

Your going to keep posting that over and over.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

You're going to keep posting that over and over?

some people don't read every post, I am one of them.

I fixed your post.

 

[aeviaanah]

I use a regular garden hose.

 

[mikescooling]

some people don't read every post, I am one of them.

I fixed your post.

It's a statement, you post the same thing over and over, word for word. I do read every post, and here is this guy " lead is tasteless"," lead is tasteless" OK!!! I got it the first time!!!

 

[GoldDiggingBrewer]

I recently finished a brew stand that will allow me to move my operations from my kitchen to my backyard deck. I'd like to fill my HLT with water from my garden hose. Anyone else do this without issue (or for that matter, anyone do this WITH issue)? I ask because I know garden hose water can have a detectable flavor and I'm sure there's bacteria in there, but those buggers will get killed off I'm sure.

Craigtube uses a green garden hose.

Why don't you just draw a glass from the tap and from the hose and do a taste/chem test.

Also, a local OSH store will carry all the supplies needed to make your own food-grade hose with minimal labor, so I suggest that. My store has at least half dozen different types of vinyl and hi-heat hoses in all appropriate sizes.

 

[g-star]

Craigtube uses a green garden hose.

Craigtube? Seriously?

It amazes me that people will build elaborate rigs, buy the finest ingredients, control fermentation with a freezer/digital controller, and then use unsafe, foul-tasting water from a standard garden hose for the primary ingredient in their homebrew.

 

[reuliss]

Craigtube? Seriously?

It amazes me that people will build elaborate rigs, buy the finest ingredients, control fermentation with a freezer/digital controller, and then use unsafe, foul-tasting water from a standard garden hose for the primary ingredient in their homebrew.

I went ahead and ordered an RV hose. It's funny because I never thought this topic would be so divisive!

 

[wickman6]

I went ahead and ordered an RV hose. It's funny because I never thought this topic would be so divisive!

Nearly every topic around here is divisive.

 

[Jlaw3000]

This guy! Straight from my garden hose, I even top off to get to volume with it 0.o

 

[ultravista]

I filter my water through a carbon filter one gallon at a time. Sure, it takes a wee bit longer but I know the water is better than without.

I would never use a regular garden house. The one I bought @ Sams Club a year ago still smells like vinyl when I'm watering the plants.

 

[FoCobrewguy]

From my experience extract with hose water couldn't taste a difference. All grain with hose water taste like beer with an after taste of hose. My water is good it taste fine drinking it from the hose but once used to brew taste overpowered the beer. Filtered water is worth the cost to have the control over flavor. As others have said why spend so much time and money on equipmemt if you aren't going to do the same for the largest ingredient involved in brewing.

 

[donshizzles]

I'd worry more about chlorine/chloramines in unfiltered tap water run through even an RV/Marine hose affecting the final taste over a hose taste.

I use an RV hose with a filter for brew day. Before that I used bottles of spring water from the store.

 

[TobyG]

I'd worry more about chlorine/chloramines in unfiltered tap water run through even an RV/Marine hose affecting the final taste over a hose taste.

I use an RV hose with a filter for brew day. Before that I used bottles of spring water from the store.

I use RV hoses and a filter, and then I use Campden because I know our water company uses chloramines.