i use plain old tap water but being in the mountains it's very pure. i used to filter my city water, then add back some gypsum before using it.If only the best birds sang, the woods would be silent.
Tap water for making up mashes, then ozonated springwater for cuttin' to bottle.Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Rain water collected on a zincalume roof, held in a rusty leaking gal tank, boiled in a stainless boiler heated by charcoal and 12V driven air and stored in a polyethylene barrel.
Limestone well water for mash/ferment, and the same to dillute.
I Used city water before, but it(water) tasted bad to me.
I boiled the chlorine out of it then re-aerated after disolving sugars.Hey guys!!! Watch this.... OUCH!
Rual water supply from a lake. Use for mashing a cutting Nothing done to it either.
I have been wanting to catch some out of the seeps that open up around here or the stuff that runs off the hill into the creek but its gunna have to rain befor that happens. we like - 7inches behind around here.when is never enough?
I lived in El Paso for a while, and enjoyed the people...but it was so damn dry. I really like the lush green climate of East coast US. Not to mention that the water here is great for spirits and beers. I didn't leave just for the climate, the Peso colapsed in 95 and the labor market in that bordertown got crazy.Hey guys!!! Watch this.... OUCH!
Back to the water source, last year I tried three different sources, well, county tap and spring water back to back on three runs of mash and could not tell the least bit of difference between the three. Some at Golden Pond used creek water and also even used pond water as long as no livestock was around it and both made good liquor.Never follow good whiskey with water, unless you're out of good whiskey!!!
One of my best batches of whiskey was made with water from a spring. The locals call it bear spring. Its a few miles of axle busting 4x4 road up on the side of a river near a fishing camp. It pours out of a big crack in the limestone cliff and runs crystal clear and cold into the river. there's always good fishing right downstream from that spring... I humped and hauled a bunch of gallons up from that spring to the truck and took it back and made a mash with it. Anyhow, that water makes a great pot of coffee and it made great whiskey too... I doubt its much different from any other good clean water, but I sure like thinking I need to go up there and spend a couple days on the river... getting water and fishing and sippin on the fruits of this labor.
So far I have used filtered tap left sitting for a few days, OR filtered water, well water, river water from a state park all made pretty good stuff, the river water has the ferment going nuts.
I am now trying some water from a small creek on a national park, high in plant debris so much so it's almost brown in color.
We will see how it plays.
Used filtered city water for fermentation. Just a simple carbon filter. If you ask they will give you daily water analysis. Once you get serious about brewing, you will learn fermentation is all about the water.
For blending I used distilled water. Seemed to cause the least issues with water imparting taste to the finished spirits.Formerly
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