Hello,
I am a new home brewer from Israel, and I have a few questions.
First of all, water:
I know that if I use tap water I should boil it first.
But if I use filtered bottled water can I use it without boiling?
What about spring or mineral water?
What should I check on the label to see that I an use without boiling it first?
I mean ingredients like chlorine, sodium or others, what amount in a gallon or liter is good and how much is too much?
Sanitizing question:
Here we don't have the cleaning detergents that you have in the USA :-(, so I wash the equipment with regular dish-washing soap and I sanitize with 96% alcohol.
My problem is that different sellers from different home brew stores tell me opposite recommendations:
One seller recommends to use iodine, the second one tells me not to touch it (he sells out from a big chemistry shop, so he knows more about chemistry than the other guy) and tells me that iodine is poison, alcohol it is much safer. Which one is best? If alcohol is good I don't mind continue using it.
Sorry about the long post.
Best Regards,
Daniel
I am a new home brewer from Israel, and I have a few questions.
First of all, water:
I know that if I use tap water I should boil it first.
But if I use filtered bottled water can I use it without boiling?
What about spring or mineral water?
What should I check on the label to see that I an use without boiling it first?
I mean ingredients like chlorine, sodium or others, what amount in a gallon or liter is good and how much is too much?
Sanitizing question:
Here we don't have the cleaning detergents that you have in the USA :-(, so I wash the equipment with regular dish-washing soap and I sanitize with 96% alcohol.
My problem is that different sellers from different home brew stores tell me opposite recommendations:
One seller recommends to use iodine, the second one tells me not to touch it (he sells out from a big chemistry shop, so he knows more about chemistry than the other guy) and tells me that iodine is poison, alcohol it is much safer. Which one is best? If alcohol is good I don't mind continue using it.
Sorry about the long post.
Best Regards,
Daniel