malkore said:in response to southern brewer: the cold water that brings you to 5 gallons total volume is supposed to be pre-boiled and cooled, which removes the oxygen.
otherwise you need to sanitize that un-boiled water with campden tabs, or your risk introducing wild yeasts/molds/bacteria from your tap water (even filtered water can have these 'bugs')
a full vs. partial boil shouldn't yield a smoother beer, unless you're talking about the hop bitterness and flavor. in a partial boil, you have a higher gravity wort, and that actually 'fights' the efficiency of the hops. (this is why some extract brewers do a late extract addition...adding half the malt in the last 10 mins of the boil...so they get more bang outta their hops).
malkore said:in response to southern brewer: the cold water that brings you to 5 gallons total volume is supposed to be pre-boiled and cooled, which removes the oxygen.
otherwise you need to sanitize that un-boiled water with campden tabs, or your risk introducing wild yeasts/molds/bacteria from your tap water (even filtered water can have these 'bugs')
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