My City water supply is on the hard side, with a monthly average pH of 8.
Plan to use active catalytic carbon filtration to remove chlorine, chloramins, etc.
I would like to soften the water to approx pH 6 (?) and adjust mash to suit particular styles of beer.
I love a good, well made Pils, and therefore would like soft water to brew it with.
Question; I don't want to up the salt content of the water used to brew Pils and was wondering if it made sense to place a water softener before the carbon filter?
My thought process is this; If the softener was put on loop and placed before the carbon filter, I could by-pass the softener when wanted, but could filter out the increased salt content from softening when desired.
Does this make sense, or am I totally out to lunch?
A chemist I am not
Plan to use active catalytic carbon filtration to remove chlorine, chloramins, etc.
I would like to soften the water to approx pH 6 (?) and adjust mash to suit particular styles of beer.
I love a good, well made Pils, and therefore would like soft water to brew it with.
Question; I don't want to up the salt content of the water used to brew Pils and was wondering if it made sense to place a water softener before the carbon filter?
My thought process is this; If the softener was put on loop and placed before the carbon filter, I could by-pass the softener when wanted, but could filter out the increased salt content from softening when desired.
Does this make sense, or am I totally out to lunch?
A chemist I am not
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