BeerBorg

Good Day, just made my first 2 Gal brew demon kit (The Twisted Monk). A few things threw me about this process (I have made 2 other brews with brewers best) the recipe for the brewdemon kits ,has me pour tap water in the fermentor, it has me pour the hot wort in the fermentor, and wait for the temp to go down, instead of cold crashing it in ice. My question is doing this am I making lots of opportunities for infection of my wort? It seems like it to me, with all the water being boiled to make Wort in the Brewers Best kits.

Thanks Disasterdave

The water added to wort should very much be boiled and chilled first; otherwise ... there's (small) risk of contamination.

I'd cool the wort kettle in the sink with a water bath ... then add it to the chilled water in the fermentor.
IIRC ... the final temperature is halfway between the wort's initial temperature and the temperature of the chilled water.

Thanks Herb, yes I think I will follow that next time, it seems to be going well in there

It's great that you're thinking about this. I agree, to be safe I would recommend boiling and then cooling the water first.

But I wouldn't lose any sleep over this batch. Beer is pretty hearty stuff.

Congratulations on getting the first few under your belt.

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Both Mr. Beer and Brewdemon have the same base instructions, i.e. putting 1 gallon of cold tap water into the fermenter, added the recently boiling wort and water mix, then topping off with cold tap water. There is zero reason to boil, then cool the tap water. If you want, sanitize a gallon jug or two, fill it with tap water, and refrigerate to ensure that the end result is around 65 - 70 degrees when you pitch.

If reason to boil and chill is zero ... then why do so many home-brewers recommend doing it?