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Im worried that I may not have filled my bottles high enough for carbonation. If I didn't fill them high enough, does it just mean that it will take longer to carbonate? Or am I mostly S.O.L.?

I still have about a 3 gallon solution of one step sanitizer sitting in a bucket from when I brewed last week. Is the solution still active at this point?

Thanks for all the replies, I am using a wort chiller but I think ill go ahead and add some water to the fermenter before adding the wort as suggested.

I'm hoping to get a batch started today. Here is my question: After siphoning the wort into the fermenter I need to top it off with water to get to the 5 gallon mark...I will be using some bottled spring water from the store. Do I need to boil this spring water first? Or can I just pour it...

I posted a somewhat related question in this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=23834 but it seems I got a different answer....any thoughts?

Its been several years since I've attempted a brew. Unfortunately several of my batches were bad, from contamination or who knows what. Only one or 2 batches were palatable, and none were good :\ My equipment (plastic 5 gallon) has been sitting in the garage, it had some random dust and...