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I'd always wondered about the water. If I used distilled water and then added brewer salts during the boil, would you still recommend boiling the 'top off' distilled water?

Thanks for all your help IslandLizard. For the lid, it's just a standard plastic lid for a 6 gallon fermenting bucket. I should pay more attention to cleaning it. Now I know. The bad news is I already had brewed another batch before posting on this forum, so fingers crossed that that brew...

Good to know, thanks for the reply. No valves, I just pour the kettle into the fermentor, and siphon the fermentor into the keg. I usually have 2.5 gallons of wort in the kettle in the ice bath, and then add refrigerated spring water for the other 2.5 gallons to get the temp down quickly...

Thanks for the replies! That's a bummer. I always thought an infection would taste like something moldy or rotten. Good to know. I thought everything was clean and sanitized, and yes, I put loose aluminum foil (sanitized) on top of the starter. I usually soak everything in Starsan for at...

Extract brewer here - I attempted an IPA that was supposed to have an OG of 1.070 and FG of 1.016 using white labs WLP001 yeast and pilsen DME. I made a starter for this, my first time doing so, and don't have a magnetic stirrer so I used the 'shake whenever you're around method' for about 32...