"gwoolam" <gwoolam@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> The local municipal water system uses chloramines, therefore I have always
> used bottled spring water to brew with. I don't use distilled water as[/color]
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> the minerals have been removed. I have an R. O. (reverse osmosis) system
> which I have not as yet installed. This system has a sediment and[/color]
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> filter prior to the R. O. system. Once I get that going will this watere[/color]
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> of good quality for brewing??[/color]

Wouldn't a filtration system, as you describe, remove mineral content which
imparts subtle characteristics into the finished product? Anyone?

Rick