Hot water supply for use as brewing liquor

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kfm

Hot water supply for use as brewing liquor

Post by kfm » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:55 am

I've a question whether it is advisable or not to use household heated water for brewing to cut down the time it would take to get it to temp in the HLT?

Also, if it is acceptable, would it still be worth routing the water through a point of use water filter? Plumber is in next month and I can get this done in prep for going AG even if that won't be happening until next year. Cheers for any views/advice.
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Re: Hot water supply for use as brewing liquor

Post by kfm » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:44 pm

Thanks Chris - I've a tank system I'm afraid so no big deal, I'll just get my plumber to run a cold feed to where I intend to have my HLT.
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Re: Hot water supply for use as brewing liquor

Post by Bobba » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:00 pm

Either that or use the hot tap but make sure you boil the hell out it before you use it for anything

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