JohanTheMighty
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If anyone posted a similar question, I apologize; I know people generally dislike seeing the same questions over and over, but I was unable to find the exact answers to the questions I have.
Okay, so I'm a little OCD. As I was cooking and preparing for fermentation my first batch, I became a bit overwhelmed with lack of specificity in any of the instructions. Am I supposed to sanitize all of my water? I read people saying that just added the water, but there is nothing said about sanitizing it. I found myself boiling water and refrigerating it in sanitized containers in my refrigerator, and then worrying about contaminating it as I moved it into my sanitized 6-gallon glass carboy to prepare for adding the wort. I mean, I became so overwhelmed with ensuring that everything was wicked sanitized that it almost wasn't fun. And the instructions given me by the place where I bought my kit differed from what I read in the "Joy of Home brewing", particularly as it is relates to boiling the wort (they said 15 minutes, as opposed to the 45 minutes the book recommends, but they told me to follow their instructions to the T, and as I'm new at this...). I don't know, right now it's in my dark pantry, bubbling happily along, but I find that I'm constantly second guessing myself; wondering if I splashed enough sanitizing solution (water and chlorine) in the carboy and for long enough, or if I opened my beer up to contamination when I rinsed with warm water... Can anyone tell me if I'm just being too anal? I mean, how easy is it for me to ruin this batch of beer?
Okay, so I'm a little OCD. As I was cooking and preparing for fermentation my first batch, I became a bit overwhelmed with lack of specificity in any of the instructions. Am I supposed to sanitize all of my water? I read people saying that just added the water, but there is nothing said about sanitizing it. I found myself boiling water and refrigerating it in sanitized containers in my refrigerator, and then worrying about contaminating it as I moved it into my sanitized 6-gallon glass carboy to prepare for adding the wort. I mean, I became so overwhelmed with ensuring that everything was wicked sanitized that it almost wasn't fun. And the instructions given me by the place where I bought my kit differed from what I read in the "Joy of Home brewing", particularly as it is relates to boiling the wort (they said 15 minutes, as opposed to the 45 minutes the book recommends, but they told me to follow their instructions to the T, and as I'm new at this...). I don't know, right now it's in my dark pantry, bubbling happily along, but I find that I'm constantly second guessing myself; wondering if I splashed enough sanitizing solution (water and chlorine) in the carboy and for long enough, or if I opened my beer up to contamination when I rinsed with warm water... Can anyone tell me if I'm just being too anal? I mean, how easy is it for me to ruin this batch of beer?