Cuzco_Brew
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I have had a look through the primer on Brewing Water Chemistry and searched the forums, but I am struggling to understand the place a water softener has in treating brewing water.
I visited a local micro brewery the other week that uses one before their RO filter. Now I understand the need to use an RO filter after the water softener, as per this post https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/water-softener-ro-system-189329/.
However lots of the materials I have been reading list RO filters as a solution if you have very hard water. If that is the case, why use the water softener? Does it do something the RO filter doesn't?
Thanks
Zac
I have had a look through the primer on Brewing Water Chemistry and searched the forums, but I am struggling to understand the place a water softener has in treating brewing water.
I visited a local micro brewery the other week that uses one before their RO filter. Now I understand the need to use an RO filter after the water softener, as per this post https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/water-softener-ro-system-189329/.
However lots of the materials I have been reading list RO filters as a solution if you have very hard water. If that is the case, why use the water softener? Does it do something the RO filter doesn't?
Thanks
Zac