Bore hole water

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brodington

Bore hole water

Post by brodington » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:07 pm

Hi there,

I am about to make a all grain brew at my fathers house (he want to start brewing).

He lives in the middle of nowhere in Northumberland. His house is supplied by water from a bore hole he had made.

The water is very hard and high in Iron (and possibly other things as well) how would this effect the brewing?

can we use their water?

Do we need to add anything?

Cheers,

Neil
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Re: Bore hole water

Post by brodington » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:37 am

Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks,

Neil
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Re: Bore hole water

Post by alix101 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:44 pm

Water treatment tablets wouldn't be wrong campden for starters.. I'd also be tempted to use bottled water it's only 17p per ltr at tesco , ice been working up in Northumberland and I would use the water to make a cup of tea :wink:
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Re: Bore hole water

Post by jmc » Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:25 pm

Hi brodington

Maybe its worth investing a few quid in an analysis of the water?

See topic: Water Analysis at Murphy and sons
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Re: Bore hole water

Post by brodington » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:59 pm

Thanks for the reply's guys. I think we will send off a sample.
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