Sorry if this has been discussed, seems like it would have been, but I couldn't find any.
For a batch of beer is it either sanitary or infected? or can it be more sanitary and lead to a better product? It seems like as long as it isn't infected, anything else that might be in there won't matter within reason.
All the threads about how to make better beer always say sanitation, but I don't see how sanitizing "better" than I am now is going to affect the taste of my brew. If I am getting infections of course, but people seem to be saying that sanitation is the most important thing to good homebrew. I might be wrong but I see it as a part of the whole process, that must be there in order to even start, but once you have it covered it is sort of done with.
Thoughts?
For a batch of beer is it either sanitary or infected? or can it be more sanitary and lead to a better product? It seems like as long as it isn't infected, anything else that might be in there won't matter within reason.
All the threads about how to make better beer always say sanitation, but I don't see how sanitizing "better" than I am now is going to affect the taste of my brew. If I am getting infections of course, but people seem to be saying that sanitation is the most important thing to good homebrew. I might be wrong but I see it as a part of the whole process, that must be there in order to even start, but once you have it covered it is sort of done with.
Thoughts?