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And remember, a Ward Lab water test is only a snapshot, pretty useless if the mineral content changes significantly and constantly.
^ This right here is why I use RO water. I buy Primo water from Walmart...which is suppossed to be RO water. Refills are $.39/gallon. I have two 5 gallon bottles that I carry in the store the night before I brew and purchase 10 gallons for $4...then build my water from that.
I believe it's advantageous to use RO or Distilled water for extract brewing, since all the water profiling/mineral additions, etc. were adding during the mash when they made the extract. I know some people still adjust water "chemistry" when extract brewing but I believe this are just kettle additions to adjust sulfate:chloride ratios, etc, and I believe most who are doing that are using RO or Distilled.
Adding tap water to extract could throw off the mineral content/water profile is all I'm saying.