BrewStooge
Well-Known Member
Hi all, just thought to pop in to bounce this off some here. As it stands right now, I usually keep a couple gallons of filtered water in the fridge for topping up my brews before pitching. It's just the usual brita style filter, nothing fancy or micobal cleaning. Well after I had a couple batches batches get infected a while back it seemed wise to take a look at everything, and though I placed the "official blame on a scratched/stained plastic primary (replaced w/glass ) I still have to wonder about the practice of using unboiled water to top the wort.
So any opinions on the risk factor in doing this? For me, I like doing so just because it helps drop that extra 5-10 degrees and move pitching up that much sooner, but not if that could have been a culprit in borking my beers
So any opinions on the risk factor in doing this? For me, I like doing so just because it helps drop that extra 5-10 degrees and move pitching up that much sooner, but not if that could have been a culprit in borking my beers