Brewing from the garden tap

AceMcAce · Post by **AceMcAce** » Thu May 28, 2015 12:51 pm

Hi Guys

Quick question before I do my first AG brew in a few weeks.

I'm lazy. I'm going to be brewing outside. I can't be bothered lugging 50l of water from the kitchen to the HLT

Am I alright to fill the HLT from an outside tap with a hose pipe?

I'd drink the water out of that tap to save me going inside, and it's going to be boiled up anyway, so I assume it would be ok?

Goulders · Post by **Goulders** » Thu May 28, 2015 1:02 pm

You are lazy. This has been covered before here

AceMcAce · Post by **AceMcAce** » Thu May 28, 2015 1:03 pm

Thanks goulders. I was searching for garden tap which returned no results. Silly me!

dcq1974 · Post by **dcq1974** » Thu May 28, 2015 1:33 pm

I run a blue drinking water hose upto my brewshed and no problems with taste.
I do run fresh water through it before use for a few minutes.

Cully · Post by **Cully** » Thu May 28, 2015 2:14 pm

I plan on using one of these - our Combi is mains fed so going to pump hot tapwater in to the HLT then throw in a campden tablet.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Caravan-Mains ... 2350181c40

Dave S · Post by **Dave S** » Fri May 29, 2015 10:01 am

I'll soon be brewing outside and will be using food grade silicon hose. Removes any problems with contaminates.

daddies-beer-factory · Post by **daddies-beer-factory** » Fri May 29, 2015 10:45 am

I am still using the regular outside tap and garden hose, just flushing it through for a minute or 2 - making great beer !!!

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