Is rain water any good?
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NzDan1
Is rain water any good?
Does anyone know whether rain water is any good for brewing purposes or does it lack minerals?
If you live in an unpolluted area, well away from traffic, yes you can use it, though you'll have to add minerals to it to make a suitable brewing liquor.
You also need to make sure that the collection system is hygenic, etc.
I live(d) near a busy road and tried this once - I found the beer tasted of exhaust fumes!
You also need to make sure that the collection system is hygenic, etc.
I live(d) near a busy road and tried this once - I found the beer tasted of exhaust fumes!
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NzDan1
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eskimobob
I remember when visiting NZ that a lot of you guys collect rainwater from your roofs and store for use as drinking water as in remote areas there's no mains water so I reckon you would be just fine. Especially since you live so far south well away from the larger cities - the levels of polution must be very low...sigh...I can't wait to visit againNzDan wrote:True! pollution from other countries or cities does move elsewhere so even down the bottom of of the world here we probably get pollution from the big cities in New Zealand.
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eskimobob
I sympathise BB. Is she serious or just joking?BlightyBrewer wrote:My wife wants us to emigrate to NZ.
We are both very tempted - even as far as getting the relavant forms once. A few years back we decided we had to figure out if we really could do it so we took a sabatical from our jobs and spent 8 months there exploring both islands in detail. We mainly missed family and in the end decided against emigration (at least for now that is). If that had not been an issue then I think we would have gone for it.
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eskimobob
Probably Christchurch or possibly somewhere on the Banks Peninsula. Spent a while in Akaroa and loved it. On the whole, we preferred the south island to the north. We did venture down to the Catlins (which is your area right?) but had thick sea fog every day we were thereNzDan wrote:Eskimo bob where would you have gone?
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NzDan1
Yeh im by the catlins!
The south is alright if you like cold temperatures, a quiet lifestyle, low crime rate and cheap housing, although wages are way different than up north, for instance as a car painter in auckland city I used to earn $30 an hour, down south here I would be lucky to get $18 an hour which is why I gave up my trade when moving down here.
Housing is dirt cheap in the south, for instance we bought a nice old 4 bedroom house for $80,000, the equivalent in an average northland town or city would be over $300,000.
Personally I prefer the north because of the warmer weather, nice beaches big forests and availability of products and good wages but most british people I know prefer the south because its too hot and humid up north for them.
The south is alright if you like cold temperatures, a quiet lifestyle, low crime rate and cheap housing, although wages are way different than up north, for instance as a car painter in auckland city I used to earn $30 an hour, down south here I would be lucky to get $18 an hour which is why I gave up my trade when moving down here.
Housing is dirt cheap in the south, for instance we bought a nice old 4 bedroom house for $80,000, the equivalent in an average northland town or city would be over $300,000.
Personally I prefer the north because of the warmer weather, nice beaches big forests and availability of products and good wages but most british people I know prefer the south because its too hot and humid up north for them.
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eskimobob
