Beer Forum

Hi all,

I live in country Australia, on horrific bore water. My wife won't even take a bath in it. The plumber says it's unsuitable for livestock.

So I plan to build my brewing water from scratch, using filtered rainwater or perhaps RO, and I'm looking for the necessary ingredients. Any suggestions from other Aussies on where to look? iBrew and some others have CaSO4, MgSO4 and CaCO3, but I can't a chloride source other than hydrochloric acid from hardware stores like Bunnings.

Thanks,
schrodinger

I have used these guys a couple of times, hopefully this will help.
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/

Cheers

schrodinger wrote:I live in country Australia, on horrific bore water. ...or perhaps RO,

I feel like if your water is that bad, it may blow through the RO consumables rather fast...

j1m1 -- Thanks! That does it.

Spider -- good point. Best to stick with rainwater, or bottled/spring water if the rainwater has crappy leachings from the roof.

Thanks for your replies,
schrodinger