using hose water

[Spike101uk]

As title suggests , would it be ok if i ran the water a bit to clear any crap in it fill up a fv with hose water from garden tap to the required amount when brewing , only my new brewing area is in garage at end of garden,

 

[GerritT]

As title suggests , would it be ok if i ran the water a bit to clear any crap in it fill up a fv with hose water from garden tap to the required amount when brewing , only my new brewing area is in garage at end of garden,

No.

Longer answer: do a few walkies with foodgrade buckets of water, or a sixpack of Tescos flat water. Or Sainsburys. That way you could even correct some mineral differences between your local tap water and the water that is preferred for the brew. But don't use an ordinary hose, it would be such a waste if it gives a nasty taste!

 

[britton]

I do... but I do use a campden tablet to eliminate anything too bad.

 

[-Bezza-]

Apparently you generally shouldn't drink water from an outside tap, even though it's "drinking water" from the same source as goes into your kitchen, as bacteria builds up on the tap itself outside.

That said, I've just got in from a run where I had a drink from a faucet in the park. However, in a brewing environment where sanitation is more important, I probably wouldn't do it.

I fill up a 30l brewing bucket with water from the kitchen tap and carry it down to the shed the night before when I brew.

 

[BarnBrian]

I'm on my 35th brew using a 20 metre hose to my brewshed and only had two bad brews through me not cleaning out cornies properly.

 

[rank_frank]

garden hose is a no no for brewing. They can impart all sorts of plasticy, off tastes into the water, not to mention chemicals that you probably don't want to drink. You can buy food grade hose but it's not that cheap. If you're filling directly off the tap with no hose you might be ok, it depends how the water gets to the tap in the first place.

 

[Cwrw666]

I always use water from an outside tap via a hosepipe with no problem whatsoever. Well occasionally I have to fish out a slug or two before putting the boiler on to heat up...

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
As @rank_frank suggested, food grade hose isn't cheap, but you only buy it once.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M9C59JO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Leon103]

Won't the bacteria be killed when the water is boiled

 

[-Bezza-]

Won't the bacteria be killed when the water is boiled

I read the OP as topping up a FV post-boil. But otherwise I would think you're right.

I'm not convinced by the need for food-grade hose. If the hose is fully flushed first, i.e. all 'stagnant' water is washed out, I would think the water is in contact with the hose for so little time that it wouldn't matter.

 

[simon12]

My opinion is if you are happy to drink the water and it tastes OK you should be fine but there's a slight risk and its up to you.

 

[Norfolk79]

I'm not convinced by the need for food-grade hose. If the hose is fully flushed first, i.e. all 'stagnant' water is washed out, I would think the water is in contact with the hose for so little time that it wouldn't matter.

I fill my Grainfather and sparge water heater from a short run of green garden hose, albeit attached to an inside kitchen tap. Like you say if it's flushed out first I'm sure it's fine.

 

[-Bezza-]

I fill my Grainfather and sparge water heater from a short run of green garden hose, albeit attached to an inside kitchen tap. Like you say if it's flushed out first I'm sure it's fine.

Which reminds me to mention another point. Personally, I wouldn't run anything warm or hot through a non-food-grade hose.

 

[JFB]

I do it all the time no problems. As long as your boiling I don't see a problem..

 

[LeeH]

The last time I drank from a hose pipe, it tasted like a hose pipe.

Maybe it was because it had sat in there for a period of time.