Using Sparking Water in your brews...

[stanglish]

Popped to the shop to buy water (we're in a hard water area) for a quick 5L of the Robinsons Squash summer alcopop.

Anyway it must have been in the wrong place because I picked up bottles of SPARKLING water instead of flat. If I use this am I going to stuff up fermentation? My initial thoughts that it shouldn't make any difference - it's only water and co2 isn't it? Is it worth degassing them or am I worrying over nothing. Thought it was worth asking before potentially stuffing something up.

Any help appreciated chaps / chapesses :

Edit: Hmm, it seems not
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Wish I had something to check the PH with. Wondering if it's still worth going with it anyway...

 

[RobWalker]

co2 is the main by product of fermentation, i can't see it making any difference but the airlock will probably go nuts :lol:

 

[Pete]

That other thread seems encouraging. I reckon I would be prepared to give it a go considering the costs involved as worst cae, it isn't a big loss.

 

[graysalchemy]

Your brew will need oxygen in it to get going which is probably severely lacking in something with so much co2. Giving it aq good whisk to put o2 in will get rid of the co2 i would have thought. I may be wrong though. :thumb:

 

[stanglish]

Degassed it mostly and just going to use it. C'est la vie. Will report back.

 

[wezil]

Hi, just pour it from a height into the receptacle,this should get rid of most of the CO2.