Could someone take a look at my city's water profile?!!!

I have been getting a weird taste in all of my batches. I am 99% sure its not oxidation. My only thought is that it could be the city water that I am using. Could anyone take a look at the following water profile and let me know if I should be treating the water or if it could be causing weird flavors?


http://www.ci.columbia-heights.mn.us/departments/pdf/2011_PW_Waterquality.pdf

They don't give all the information you need sub as Ca and Mg.

I agree you need the following
Ca,Mg,Na,Cl,SO4 and hardness(alkalinity,HCO3) in ppm
Also Fe (iron) is nice.

Not sure of your brew method, but if you are not doing a full boil, you should boil all of your water to get the chlorine out. I started out doing partial boils and topping off the fermenter with water. I would boil about 2.5 gallons the night before and put that in the fermenter with the airlock on it.

Marko73 said:

Not sure of your brew method, but if you are not doing a full boil, you should boil all of your water to get the chlorine out. I started out doing partial boils and topping off the fermenter with water. I would boil about 2.5 gallons the night before and put that in the fermenter with the airlock on it.

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If you are mashing with water with chlorine do you need to boil it before the mash or is it fine as long as you boil it later?

There are 2 entries that they call by products of disinfecting process (or something like that) and I'd be curious to see exactly what they may be. I don't have time now to look it up, I'm setting up a printer for someone.

Most municipal water reports are way too short on information. I highly recommend getting a Wards Labs report if you really want to work on your water. You'll need to know the things mentioned in the above posts.