Sulfur in Tap Water

[ryan850]

Hello,

I'm about ready to start my first batch, but was concerned about the quality of my tap water. I will be using spring water in the wine itself, so that isn't the concern. I was wondering, however, if it was even safe to use my tap water for cleaning the equipment and bottles etc. I have a pretty bad sulfur problem. It has a very bad rotten egg smell. I'm working on finding a solution for this, but wondered what you guys thought.

Thanks,

Ryan

 

[Tom]

Welcome!
If you dont like the taste of your water use bottled. Just dont use distilled water

 

[ryan850]

I'm referring to using it for cleaning equipment only. You think I should use bottled water?

Just wanted to make sure I was clear in my question.

 

[Sacalait]

After cleaning the carboys with the sulfur water you could take "a little" spring water to flush out any sulfur residue just to be on the safe side.

 

[Wade E]

If your water is that bad then I probably wouldnt use it, I would get your watr tested and resolve that problem with a filtering system.

 

[Tom]

My bad.I would still use bottled for cleaning and sanitizing then.

 

[ryan850]

Ok. thanks for the replies! I filter my drinking water, but it's not very handy for cleaning equipment (no way to hook it up to a hose or anything). I was thinking sulfur would degas once the equipment was left out to dry, but couldn't find info online about that yet.