Trent
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Gday all
I have one of them double undersink filters that has a ceramic filter as one of em and a charcoal filter as the other, and if you have read the recent post that discusses bad tasting water, you will understand why (taree area water is awful). I rang the water filter company today to ask for a water analysis sheet of what this area's water is like after it has been through one of their filters, and they said they have no idea. He told me I could go and get it tested myself, which I will do one day, but coming up to xmas, can better spend the $60 he reckons it will cost. Basically, he told me that it takes out all parasites and greeblies and chlorine, all the usual stuff you would expect to be filtered out, but when I asked him about hardness, all that othger sort of good stuff, he told me that it would hardly register, as all the carbonates would be filtered out. Now, I am pretty sure that only RO water and Plsen water is that soft, rather than the old ceramic/charcoal filter water. I usually brew british type ales, porters, bitters, IPA's, and APA's, etc, and I wanna start looking at my water to see if brewing salts are required or not. My question is, does anybody else have this type of filter, and know if it really creates very soft water, or does it completely depend on town water? If anyone knows where to find a rundown of Forster or Taree water, I would love the link, a google search didnt provide me with much. I will try and drop in at the council later this week if I cant find anything on the web. Thanks in advance, and all the best
Trent
I have one of them double undersink filters that has a ceramic filter as one of em and a charcoal filter as the other, and if you have read the recent post that discusses bad tasting water, you will understand why (taree area water is awful). I rang the water filter company today to ask for a water analysis sheet of what this area's water is like after it has been through one of their filters, and they said they have no idea. He told me I could go and get it tested myself, which I will do one day, but coming up to xmas, can better spend the $60 he reckons it will cost. Basically, he told me that it takes out all parasites and greeblies and chlorine, all the usual stuff you would expect to be filtered out, but when I asked him about hardness, all that othger sort of good stuff, he told me that it would hardly register, as all the carbonates would be filtered out. Now, I am pretty sure that only RO water and Plsen water is that soft, rather than the old ceramic/charcoal filter water. I usually brew british type ales, porters, bitters, IPA's, and APA's, etc, and I wanna start looking at my water to see if brewing salts are required or not. My question is, does anybody else have this type of filter, and know if it really creates very soft water, or does it completely depend on town water? If anyone knows where to find a rundown of Forster or Taree water, I would love the link, a google search didnt provide me with much. I will try and drop in at the council later this week if I cant find anything on the web. Thanks in advance, and all the best
Trent
