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H2O - dihydrogen oxide, hydrogen hydroxide. Comprises over 90% of most beers. Termed "liquor" when used in the brewing process.

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What are the various ways to remove chlorine/chloramine from tap water?

OK, I actually know how to remove chlorine, but I'd like to have the pros and cons of each method spelled out. I will post an answer and mark it as a community wiki. Please edit it with your input.
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Do you filter water, or just use tap water?

Back when I started homebrewing, I used a Pur filter. I've since moved and my kitchen sink won't accept any sort of filter. I've brewed a few batches with just Fairfax County, VA tap water, and not noticed any real difference. I was wondering what…
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What styles should encourage me to learn water chemistry

I've been brewing all-grain batches for some time. With my water source, I'm generally getting good results across multiple styles. To date, I haven't done much with water chemistry. Which styles of beer will customizing my water chemistry make…
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How to Burtonize my water

I am participating in the AHA Big Brew day and the beer we'll be making is their English IPA part of this recipe requires modifying my water to be like Burton on the Trent water. Calcium (Ca) - 268 ppm Magnesium (Mg) - 62 ppm Sodium (Na) - 30…
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How do I test my water?

Inspired by this question. How do I test my water?
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What type of water is best to use for different situations

Do you use different types of water for different types of beer? I know the type of water can change your flavors slightly. Will I get wildly different outcomes if I use say, distilled water over tap or regular filtered water? If I use one type…
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Should I test my water?

A buddy and I have brewed a few batches of beer and they tend to have similar flavors when we're done. Could this be attributed to the water? What are some tests you would recommend doing to ensure the water doesn't cause off-flavors?
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Best Methods for removing chloramine

I have been looking into this for sometime, and I can't seem to find any definitive answers. So far I'm pretty convinced that I won't find a reasonable home filter that will eliminate chloramine. My current method is to carbon filter the water, and…
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Does a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) reading of 0 imply that my water has 0 ppm for the various minerals?

I installed a nice water filtration system with cataylic carbon, reverse osmosis, and deionization. I bought a $15 TDS reader from amazon. My unfiltered tap water has TDS of 398 ppm, and my filtered tap water has a TDS of 0. (Incidentally, the RO…
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What is beer structure as described by john palmer?

In chapter 22 of how to brew by john palmer there is a section called adjusting water for style. further down there is a handy brew cube: Across the bottom there is a vector called "beer structure" with measures of soft, medium and firm - this is…
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What is the most important parameter to measure in water

I live in a region where the water is very hard, so I am considering spending a little more on bottled water to have more of a choice. Supposing that one can choose the water to use, but he doesn't want to get too fancy (becuase it knows very little…
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Water Volume on Palmer's Spreadsheet

Anyone have any experience with Palmer's Spreadsheet? The way it was described to me and the way I read and understand it now states that for the water volume in Step 4 you just put the amount of water for the initial mash strike. So for my purposes…
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tap water with chloramine

I made a homebrew today using tap water, and to my horror I realized I forgot to add the campden tablets to neutralize the chloramine. About 5 years back I made the same stupid mistake, and fermentation never started up, rendering my homebrew a…
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Home Brewing with Soft Water

What are the implications, if any, of brewing beer with water treated by a water softener? I've read lots of conflicting information and am looking for something more scientific and definitive.
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How to dissolve water additions

I’m fairly new to water adjustments. This in only my fourth batch with additions. One thing I notice is the additions don’t seem to dissolve. I added 9g gypsum, 4 g calcium chloride and 1 g epsom salt to ten gallons while warming the mash water.…
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