Bottled Water - does it matter which?

[philip5660]

I'm slowly making preparations for my first brew, I haven't bought much stuff yet but i am looking to keep things simple this time round.
So instead of messing around with water I think I'll just go into my local Tesco and buy some bottled water.
Is there much difference between brands? What about Tesco Value water, is it pee pee?

 

[markp]

You need bottled water with a low Carbonate level.
Some are good and some are absolutley terrible.
Te$co does Ashbeck water which is very low in carbonate - less than £1 for 5 litres IIRC.

 

[jamesb]

Are you planning on doing a kit?

If so, don't mess around with buying water, just use tap water treated with half a camden tablet.

And by treat, I mean crumble it up and stir. Easy as pie.

 

[philip5660]

Yeah I'm hopefully going to buy this kit

http://www.homebrew-ni.co.uk/shop/artic ... id%3D1A%26

and one of the cheaper beers off this guys site - everything as simple as possible at this stage :)