fwiw... We got into sourdough breadmaking over the covid holiday and had trouble getting the yeast to rise the dough. A microbiologist with a university sourdough club mentioned (on NPR I believe) that chlorine is a yeast killer. once we switched to chlorine free water we had great success...
Excited to find this page while searching for something else. Looking forward to fun and interesting discussions about beermaking. I would love to get back to it!
Don't forget about hydraulic expansion of the liquid. It is not the gas pressure that over pressures the cylinder. This is why they are never filled past 68% by weight. I believe the density of the liquid is near the density of water so you can quickly calculate the fill from 0.68x the water...