Water Issues

[Goulders]

Cold water for me out of the tap from now on then!

[boingy]

It wouldn't be a bad idea to do at least one brew without the combi, just to make sure the problem is not elsewhere in your processes.

And, yes, Eric. I remember the 1980's cutting edge of water treatment. Water came in two types: hard or soft. I think I probably asked my mum what ours was. Technically advanced brewers such as myself vaguely chucked in a teaspoon of this and half a teaspoon of that. Did it make any difference? No idea. The beer was fine. It turns out that beer is not that hard to make...

[trucker5774]

Eric's point about the water filter is an excellent one. That would be my first point of investigation.

Two obvious questions:
1. Have you tried cooling and tasting the water?
2. Are you sure it's a combi boiler? Don't laugh, I have a mate who got confused between combi and condensing boilers.

One less obvious question:

3. What yeasts are you using? Are you harvesting/reusing any?

The other thing is to take a step back and look at your water treatments again. It's really easy to overdo that stuff, much to the detriment of the beer.

Just going off topic a bit...........but am I missing something about the boiler? What difference does it make if it's an older combi or a more modern condensing combi?

[Eric]

Just going off topic a bit...........but am I missing something about the boiler? What difference does it make if it's an older combi or a more modern condensing combi?

As far as brewing is concerned, none, I've had both types. It alluded to a mistaken presumption that a specific standard domestic condensing boiler was therefore a combi.