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I see this all the time here and dont know what it stands for...

Thanks guys. One more question... The reason I had this problem with temp is that I boiled all the water so that it was sanitized before adding wort to it. I thought it would cool a lot faster than it did... how long should i plan to let the boiled water cool to a good enough temp? Can I just...

OK...Should have written this all down, but i can estimate... I prepared the yeast by adding it to water that was about 100 degrees and then added about a teaspoon of malt extract to the yeast water.... waited about half an hour until it was going and added it to the wort. I used dry coopers...

I am working on my third batch of beer. Of the previous two, one turned out alright, the other must have been contaminated or something. anyways...these are not the issue. While making the batch i am fermenting now i was a little worried about the temperature of the beer when pitching my yeast...