One of the local breweries (Bear Republic) boils(?) their water the day or so before brewing with it to precipitate out some of the permanent hardness. So, this leads me to this question.
Is it necessary to boil the water or just get it hot. The reason I ask is.. my hot water heater has a case of the 'bumps' due to the hard water scale that has precipitated on the bottom.
I was wondering if I could simply use hot water from my water heater rather than boiling the water.. hot or cold.. and letting it sit and siphon. That would save a lot of time.. and energy.
Thanks, Bill
Is it necessary to boil the water or just get it hot. The reason I ask is.. my hot water heater has a case of the 'bumps' due to the hard water scale that has precipitated on the bottom.
I was wondering if I could simply use hot water from my water heater rather than boiling the water.. hot or cold.. and letting it sit and siphon. That would save a lot of time.. and energy.
Thanks, Bill