Hardness (of)
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Hardness (of) | Water's component of soluble calcium and magnesium salts equals water) hardness. It is usually expressed in terms of calcium carbonate equivalents. Some calcium in the brewing water is desirable for the protection and stimulation of malt enzymes. Elsewhere in the brewery, hardness results in the deposition of hard scale when water is heated or evaporated, and is therefore undesirable.
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