First off thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I am passionate about beer and finally just started brewing. Most of my knowledge from Palmer's "How to Brew", some from Papazian's Complete Joy of Home Brewing, and from my local home brewing supply house (LHBS). Also just joined the local brew club.
Yesterday I bottled Batch #1 (Scottish Ale from BB Extract Kit) and racked Batch #2 (British Bitter extract kit from LHBS) into secondary fermentation. I used Star San to sanitize everything. I have read "Don't fear the foam" and know that it is a no rinse sanitizer. HOWEVER when I saw the foam in the individual 12 oz. bottles I decided that could be too much in a small volume. So I gave a quick rinse with distilled water after wiping the water jug mouth with sanitizer. I did not boil the distilled water first, just straight from the jug.
Was that a potentially grievous error? Before this I had been very, very careful on cleaning and sanitizing.
Thanks! Life and brewing is a journey!
Yesterday I bottled Batch #1 (Scottish Ale from BB Extract Kit) and racked Batch #2 (British Bitter extract kit from LHBS) into secondary fermentation. I used Star San to sanitize everything. I have read "Don't fear the foam" and know that it is a no rinse sanitizer. HOWEVER when I saw the foam in the individual 12 oz. bottles I decided that could be too much in a small volume. So I gave a quick rinse with distilled water after wiping the water jug mouth with sanitizer. I did not boil the distilled water first, just straight from the jug.
Was that a potentially grievous error? Before this I had been very, very careful on cleaning and sanitizing.
Thanks! Life and brewing is a journey!