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Perfect, thanks for the reply! That seems counter intuitive. I mean, "distilled" sounds like it's really pure, whereas "drinking" sounds like...well, drinking water. The distilled is good to mix up with star San, so no loss anyway.

I'm really mostly wondering if I need different water, or if the distilled will work. Should I be alright?

In case you're not sure what I'm referring to, this is the thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easiest-beer-i-have-ever-made-recipe-208450/ So, you may have noticed I've posted a few times in there, and I wanted to ask my questions in my own thread so I wouldn't muck that one up. 1)Will...

I just tried one of the beers, and it was pretty good. I know it isn't done conditioning yet, but the flavor and carbonation were nice. I think a couple more weeks in the bottles and I'll have a great beer!

Well I went with distilled, so unless that's out of the question, it's what I'm going with. However, I use distilled in my spray bottles with Star San, so it wouldn't be a waste if I need to get another type. Also, I grabbed some Safbrew t-58 on the recommendation of the LHBS guys, but I...

I can't seem to find RO water. All I can find is Distilled (steam distilled) and Drinking (microfiltered). Thoughts?

Done deal, I'm making this in the next few days!

Pardon my ignorance, but unless I misread something it looks like you pour the hot wort into the primary without first cooling it. Am I correct, or did I miss that info? Does the precooled water do the trick? If you don't need to cool it, I'm making this beer this weekend (don't have a chiller...

Congress indeed!

It's going to be tough, but I'll try to hold out as long as possible. Really quick, what are the signs of carbonation that I should look for? Is there anything, or do I just wait and pray?

I agree!

I am, I just wasn't at home when I posted that. I was...um... out sampling... Now that I'm looking at my board, I see that initial was 1.042 and final was 1.012. So 4%.

In about a week? I'm about to crack one open right now!

After reading the forum for weeks, brewing my first batch, asking stupid newbie questions, reading some more, doing a few panicked searches, buying some unnecessary-but-awesome tools (toys), a few more newbie questions, and a final search on the forum...I've brewed and bottled my first batch...

You're right, that's not bad. It seems like the same debate with SS vs copper chillers exists as the one between SS and aluminum pots. I understand that copper transfers heat better, but to what extent is where I'm unclear.

Alright, so it's not just me. Hey, do you have any thoughts on the chillers with the vinyl tubing, vs the ones with the brass screw-on fittings? The brass fittings look like they'd be nice, I'm just not sure if it would make sense to have those if I am planning on hooking it up to my kitchen...

I would like to go on record as saying that I have no idea what I am doing. It seems like something I could easily figure out, but I have no experience doing anything like this, nor with working with copper in general.

That must be it. Until copper drops to a reasonable cost, I think I'll buy. Care to send me a link of the one you got, or something like it? Is it something like this?

After countless hours of research and comparison, I decided that I would just make my immersion chiller myself; after all, all you really need to do is wrap the copper around a cylindrical object, and attach some hoses for the inlet and outlet. This page, along with a Don Osborn video, were...

Did I win?