spring water?
I went to buy two 4ltr jugs of water from the store, when i got home i saw that they were jugs of natural spring water. Is this ok to use for my next batch? Spring water is fine. Im prerry sure a read that you dont want to use distilled water though. Im sure someone will correct me if im wrong about the distilled water.
I have only used store-bought spring water for all my brews, as my tap water tastes & smells like a swimming pool. They have all come out great. The company that supplies Kroger with their water supplies a large number of resellers, and you can find the water report online, no less. Home Mr.Beer Community Forums New Brewers and FAQs Spring water?
I went to buy two 4ltr jugs of water from the store, when i got home i saw that they were jugs of natural spring water. Is this ok to use for my next batch? Thanks 1,2501,726 posts9,209 postsi dnt mind buying the purified spring water, i pay like .59 cents/gallon, for an lbk, thats under $2.00. i dnt go over boar on brand name, 740528 postsI use tap water and treat it with Campden tablets. I have used spring water for a batch and saw no difference from my tap water. I am in a brew club with a lot of all grain brewers that use the same municipality water that I do and they have no issues. My water smells like a swimming pool but after I treat with Campden and let the water sit for 5 minutes there is no s 224283 posts 515 postsDecember 19, 2015 2,7734,019 postsYeah I sometimes use distilled water in a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio to local water to reduce the mineral content in for the brew and it makes a much cleaner tasting lager for example.ba1980482 postsDang, I've been using distilled for my last few batches without "adding" anything back in.  1 batch was terrible, the other was ok.December 18, 2015131 posts 1,250 740 224I went to buy two 4ltr jugs of water from the store, when i got home i saw that they were jugs of natural spring water. Is this ok to use for my next batch? Thanks 1,027 posts1,977 posts 5 2,773December 19, 2015ba19804,019 postsDecember 18, 2015 1,2503,571 postsBDawg62 740 224 5 2,773December 19, 2015 6December 18, 20153,571 postsBDawg62 671 364December 19, 2015 2,773 6December 18, 2015 671 3643,571 postsDecember 19, 2015 2,773 634 postskraig927December 18, 2015 671 364December 19, 2015 2,773 89 kraig927159 posts 634 postsDecember 18, 2015 2,278 519l 466 postsDecember 19, 2015 89 61,761 posts