water filter
water filter
thinking of purchasing one of these water filters http://www.pozzani.co.uk/water-treatmen ... _info.html for use in my brewing and for drinking water, does anyone have experience of this type of filter? i presume as it removes the chlorine it will be ideal for brewing.
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It says 'Multi-stage carbon, block carbon and ion exchange cartridge' so I'd avoid it for brewing and just look for one without ion exchange as the salt addition can be an issue.
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Ok ill keep looking, glad I asked before buying it now, there's a whole page on their website about it being ideal for treating home brewing water, rather misleading if it actually isn't suitable.
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doesn't the chlorine just gas off as you heat the water for the mash tun? you may have chloramines which wont gas off, you could put it through carbon filter or pre treat with half a tablet of potassium metabisulfite
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.irv wrote:you may have chloramines
Does anyone have chloramines? Water company customer services/web site will answer that
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I think it is widely used in the UK.vacant wrote:.irv wrote:you may have chloramines
Does anyone have chloramines? Water company customer services/web site will answer that
here is some blurb form a Scottish Water factsheet:
( http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/you-and- ... -explained )
Chloramination is widely practiced in other parts
of the UK to treat public water supplies. As part of
our long term investment programme to improve
water quality for our customers, Scottish Water
are gradually increasing the number of areas in
Scotland being supplied with chloraminated water.
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I emailed the Drinking Water Inspectorate a few hours ago to ask for a list, auto reply said usually 5 days to respond
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Found this water quality report but I don't know how to interpret the info it shows http://www.south-staffs-water.co.uk/dow ... ire_SP.pdf
Says chlorine 0.261mg/l,chloride 50.3 mg/l, doesn't mention chloramine.
The water in my flat doesn't taste very good so I'd like a filter to for. Both drinking and brewing
Says chlorine 0.261mg/l,chloride 50.3 mg/l, doesn't mention chloramine.
The water in my flat doesn't taste very good so I'd like a filter to for. Both drinking and brewing
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I have a Water Gem filter & it's a carbon filter which needs changing every 6 months.
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Got an answer this morning. I guess this list may change without (public) notice:vacant wrote:I emailed the Drinking Water Inspectorate a few hours ago to ask for a list, auto reply said usually 5 days to respond
Thank you for your enquiry. Water companies where chloramination is practiced for part of their supplies are as follows (note no company uses chloramination for all of its supplies):
Anglian Water
Dee Valley Water
Essex and Suffolk Water
Northumbrian Water
Bournemouth Water
Sutton and East Surrey Water
Severn Trent Water
Thames Water
Yorkshire Water
The following two companies receive supplies of water that are chloraminated as they receive water from one of the companies above but do not chloraminate supplies themselves :-
Affinity Water
Independent Water Networks
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There is a very comprehensive book on water in the same series as the Chris White Yeast book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WATER-COMPREHEN ... JS89P5ZM9Y
the mineral content of water is important to brewing and creating the 'ideal' water profile has been going on for a while http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 7490,d.bGg
standing water for 24 hours after drawing from the tap will allow chlorine to escape, afaik cloromides are less likely to evaporate off..
a standard campden tablet dose of sodium metabisulphate will treat upto 50l iirc for chlorine and chloromides.. which is what i do
I think if you treat your brewing water with a short boil to drive off temporary hardness chlorine and chloromides are also removed by the boil ?? but i would check on that
Water chemistry is a bit too much for me to wrap my simple head round so i use my tap water for bitters and ales treated only with a campden tab, and for lagers or beers that benefit from a softer water i consider buying in 5l bottles from the supermarket ....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WATER-COMPREHEN ... JS89P5ZM9Y
the mineral content of water is important to brewing and creating the 'ideal' water profile has been going on for a while http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 7490,d.bGg
standing water for 24 hours after drawing from the tap will allow chlorine to escape, afaik cloromides are less likely to evaporate off..
a standard campden tablet dose of sodium metabisulphate will treat upto 50l iirc for chlorine and chloromides.. which is what i do
I think if you treat your brewing water with a short boil to drive off temporary hardness chlorine and chloromides are also removed by the boil ?? but i would check on that
Water chemistry is a bit too much for me to wrap my simple head round so i use my tap water for bitters and ales treated only with a campden tab, and for lagers or beers that benefit from a softer water i consider buying in 5l bottles from the supermarket ....
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Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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Great if you want to brew beers like the Americans . . .Never had a bad budFil wrote:There is a very comprehensive book on water in the same series as the Chris White Yeast book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WATER-COMPREHEN ... JS89P5ZM9Y
No such thing as a perfect water profile for a beer, indeed the variations in water profile is one of the things that drove variations in beer styles not only across this country but other countries in the world. The authorities in the US, would like us all to ignore that rich heritage and variation, and brew beer the way they tell us to, and taste the way they tell us it should taste.Fil wrote:the mineral content of water is important to brewing and creating the 'ideal' water profile has been going on for a while http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 7490,d.bGg
Corrrect, it's difficult to get ride of chloramines, and they are formed, not only by the water company actually adding them, but during the waters travels down the pipes.Fil wrote:standing water for 24 hours after drawing from the tap will allow chlorine to escape, afaik cloromides are less likely to evaporate off..
Close, 1 CT will treat 17UK gallons of up to 3mg/l ChloraminesFil wrote:a standard campden tablet dose of sodium metabisulphate will treat upto 50l iirc for chlorine and chloromides.. which is what i do
Chloramines are not removed quickly by boiling. In waters with a very high bicarbonate content boiling may not reduce the bicarbonate content as low as required for pale beers.Fil wrote:I think if you treat your brewing water with a short boil to drive off temporary hardness chlorine and chloromides are also removed by the boil ?? but i would check on that
HmmmFil wrote:Water chemistry is a bit too much for me to wrap my simple head round so i use my tap water for bitters and ales treated only with a campden tab, and for lagers or beers that benefit from a softer water i consider buying in 5l bottles from the supermarket ....
Water treatment is simple.
Adjust the alkalinity to a level appropriate to the beer style you are brewing
If required adjust the calcium level to a minimum of 75mg/l using a combination of appropriate acids / gypsum / calcium chloride to hit the sulphate to chloride ratio you think is appropriate the beer you are brewing.
Brew the beer, measure the mash pH after 10 minutes, and if it is wildly outside the 5.2-5.8 range (for the particularly anal, 5.2 to 5.4 for pales, 5.5 to 5.8 for darker beers), adjust the treatment for the next time you brew using that grist.
There is a bit more on it here
However all of that is way more than the OP was interested in
As long as the only ion exchange that is going on is to exchange cations for hydrogen ions and anions for hydroxide ions then you should be ok using the filter . . . but you may find it stripping out the good stuff and leaving you with water that needs further treatment. Unfortunately the vast majority of ion exchange involved replacing calcium and magnesium ions (Good) with sodium (Bad) and bicarbonate ions (bad) with chloride ions (not so bad).