To: <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>, <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Home brew book
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:06:27 -0500
> Don, one time I was hunting along the stream bed of a wooded area of a
> farmer's land. I drank from thwe beautiful clear water of the stream..
> 'Walked up aways , bloated dead cow in stream, possum crawled out of its
> butt ......
Always a concern.
I grew up drinking water out of the farm pond located above the house. Cows
used it as well, pissing and craping all the while. My brother and I spent
many hours swimming in that pond.
As for Heartwood, we used distilled water for drinking but everything else
was water right out of the creek. One of the things I am looking for is a
UV filtration system. That is not necessary for brewing as the water is
boiled anyway so all that would be needed is a fine filter.
Stone Brewing has a very expensive RO system for their water then put back
in some minerals.