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  • 04-11-2019 2:59pm
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    DebeliDule
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    I am new to brewing and looking for a source of water to use for my small 5-8 litre batches.

    I am fairly new to Ireland as well so I'm surprised that you can't really buy distilled water here. (I know you can buy 6 drops for 1000 euros in pharmacies)

    So lets say you're brewing a Pilsner, what water do you use to build pilsner water profile?

    PS. I know I could buy RO filtration system and build my water profiles from that but I can't justify the cost of such system at the moment.

    Thanks,
    DebeliDule
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    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,239 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    You can buy 25 litres of RO water from most Aquatic stores for about €3/€4.


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    DebeliDule
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭DebeliDule


    That's great.

    Thank you very much Sleepy.


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    sharingan
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭sharingan


    With RO water like this, you will have to build up the mineral level.

    You will need a sub-gram weighing scales and a supply of the various minerals you need. But building up a pilsner water profile should be very straightforward from RO water.

    One option that I had in the UK was to get the cheap Tesco Ashbeck water at about 1.50 /5L. But that isn't an option in ireland - every single supermarket water is rubbish for beer making.


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    DebeliDule
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭DebeliDule


    yeah, tell me about it, I was running around supermarkets reading water bottle labels like a crazy person only to find nothing suitable.

    I managed to get all the salts and acid that I think I will need from a homebrew store, but would love to get a hold of Calcium Hydroxide but I cant seem to find any in Dublin. Spent hours googling to no avail.

    Do you happen to know where I could buy some Slaked Lime?


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