Forgot my filter

[JerD]

For some reason I forgot to filter my tap water for my first batch the other day. The filter is strictly for chlorine. I brewed a LHB Milk Stout clone, and I did dilute the water w/30% distilled. Am I screwed, or does chlorine sometimes spare a guy?

 

[malkore]

tons of guys here don't mess with removing chlorine. I do but others don't.

it could have a slight off flavor...but I bet its fine.

 

[david_42]

If it hasn't developed a bandaid flavor/aroma in the first 4 days, you probably dodged the bullet.

 

[Pivovar_Koucky]

I think that chlorine is more of a problem when you dump hot wort into tap water. When you heat up your mash water most of the chlorine will be driven off, its not increadibly stable in solution.

 

[Pivovar_Koucky]

Maybe your water chemistry could affect the development of chlorophenols too, but I have made beers with the tap water in 4 different cities and don't taste any band-aids.

 

[BrewNinja1]

Boiling water removes chlorine. The only thing I would worry about is the mashing, not sure what chlorine does to that.