Two silly questions:
I brewed today and everything seems to have gone well - the ESB extract kit from morebeer.com. I did my second full boil so I used my wort chiller to chill the wort. My silly question is that with the chiller in, the pipes that bring the water in and out prop the lid of the brewpot open. I tried to seal around the edges with foil, but it doesn't work well. Being a beginner, of course, I worry about infection. How do you experienced people handle this? I've seen no mention in any of the books.
My second silly question concerns water. I'm using Crystal Geyser spring water. I wanted to enter it's chemistry into Beersmith, but the only analysis I could find ( on the mineral waters of the world site) gives minerals in mg/l. How does that translate into ppm?
Thanks, and happy brewing!
I brewed today and everything seems to have gone well - the ESB extract kit from morebeer.com. I did my second full boil so I used my wort chiller to chill the wort. My silly question is that with the chiller in, the pipes that bring the water in and out prop the lid of the brewpot open. I tried to seal around the edges with foil, but it doesn't work well. Being a beginner, of course, I worry about infection. How do you experienced people handle this? I've seen no mention in any of the books.
My second silly question concerns water. I'm using Crystal Geyser spring water. I wanted to enter it's chemistry into Beersmith, but the only analysis I could find ( on the mineral waters of the world site) gives minerals in mg/l. How does that translate into ppm?
Thanks, and happy brewing!