I'm just getting back into brewing. Years ago I got my hands on a water report and everything was fairly moderate so I didn't worry much about it for brewing other than using a carbon filter.
I left some bottle in oxyclean for about 3 hours yesterday though and they were all getting a really nasty white mineral scum deposited on them. My understanding is that indicates hard water. Sounds like I need to get another water report. I'm planning on brewing an extract batch today though, any advice? I was thinking to just use 2 gallons of distilled water as my top off to "cut" any excess mineral flavor.
I left some bottle in oxyclean for about 3 hours yesterday though and they were all getting a really nasty white mineral scum deposited on them. My understanding is that indicates hard water. Sounds like I need to get another water report. I'm planning on brewing an extract batch today though, any advice? I was thinking to just use 2 gallons of distilled water as my top off to "cut" any excess mineral flavor.