Tescos Ashbeck spring water...

[nigebeer]

Hi,
I have been using Starsan together with Tescos Ashbeck spring water for a few years now and its been great! still using the original bottle of Starsan.

I just mixed up a new batch, and the water went cloudy almost straight away! I have never had this happen before, it usually remains pretty clear throughout its use.There also seems to be some small gooey strands inside the water.

Could this be due to a dodgy batch of Tescos Ashbeck spring water, or is my Starsan passed its expiry.

[Goulders]

Yes there do appear to be changes to the ashbeck water. I've switched to deionised water, which you can get in supermarkets, robert dyas, halfords etc.

[vacant]

It's not just you, Ashbeck has changed, there are discussions on thebrewingforum.co.uk. It's still effective if the pH is 3 or less. You could try reverse osmosis water e.g. 10p/litre from our local garden centre's aquarium section last time I bought some.

[nigebeer]

Oh I see, it's beginning to sound a bit like "Peckham Spring Water" from only fools and horses.

Will use de-ionised or reverse osmosis water from now on.

[vacant]

To be fair, Ashbeck has been stable for years. Source is Armathwaite, i.e ground water, so this cloudiness is a bit odd. I emailed Tesco this afternoon.

[vacant]

Tesco phoned this morning - no change to Ashbeck. It's still a mystery.

[Jocky]

Made up a 5 litre bottle of StarSan yesterday with Ashbeck bought the day before and I see no cloudiness at all.

[vacant]

I got 26L or RO last week for brewing yesterday and took 2L off for Starsan so I won't need to buy Ashheck just yet, but good to know.