BrewnWKopperKat
ʘ‿ʘ
For a first time brewer, tap water is usually fine - as long as you can drink it and you don't taste anything weird in it, it's fine for brewing.
Advice from a local homebrewer, homebrew club, or LHBS would be an easy way to find out if the water is not fine. Water for brewing probably doesn't summarize to a paragraph, but maybe 600 words is short but accurate enough to get started:
When it comes to brewing water treatment there are 3 goals we brewers are trying to achieve:
...
- eliminate off-flavor causing water compounds: this is largely the removal of chlorine
- provide a water ion profile that supports the desired flavor of the beer
- provide a water and grist composition that settles at a desirable mash pH
https://beerandbrewing.com/brewing-water/ is a nice summary of what HtB (4e) says about water for both "extract" and "all-grain" brewers.
Last edited: