thanks for the advice, as far as preparing the wort i just do the recommended recipe 60 min boil adding extract at the beggining and hops at intervals, cooling with ice bath and using dry yeast that comes in the Nb kits. i am very new so i have just been pitching when the icebath makes the side...
if bleach doesn't bother you, go for it. but just btw bleach is just as dangerous as undiluted star san. the difference is star san is formulated for this.
I have brewed 3 different NB extract kits so far, the first two with my tap water which honestly is a bit on the hard side and the last one with spring water from the local walmart. and it seems all 3 have the same mineral-ish spritzy after taste (tastes almost exactly like soda water, like when...