Dead Yeast, last minute help

I dislike false accusations. That's all I have to say about it.

 

Your point has been made. I'm sorry you were hurt.

 

...that being said, OP has fermentation begun yet?

 

Good grief. I wrote, "There are a lot of good books on brewing, but this is the best single source I know of." I would say that hardly qualifies as "flippant" nor does it recommend Palmer as a "be all end all" or even a "necessity." But then, nobody was recommending the OP drain pour this batch, either. And I don't see any indication he ever considered it.

 

Not singling you out MLucky, just the first one I came across chronologically.

You boys are very touchy about the use of superlatives. Shall we discuss it some more?

 

We're not being touchy. You exaggerated to such an extent that what you were saying was not true. And we called you on it.

 

I don't think there was ever any reason to doubt that fermentation would happen.

I wouldn't worry much about infection with this beer. First, if it's going to happen, there's nothing you can do to fix it retroactively, so why worry? Second, people were making homebrew before anyone knew anything about sanitation. Sanitation simply reduces the risk of a harmful infection. Getting a little non-boiled tap water in your wort doesn't guarantee that a harmful infection will happen. The risk is greater, but still small.

 

What about hose water my immersion chiller had a small leak at the connection point the other day?

 

Same thing basically. That's assuming the hose didn't have something significant growing in it. Which it wouldn't if there isn't much to eat.

ETA: How long does your hose sit between uses? Some bugs can take up residence in stagnant water, but I'm not sure if any of the brewing relevant ones do.

 

I had used it same day but before that it might have been a bit

 

RDWHAH

 

+1. I'm pretty sure some people don't think twice about topping off with tap water anyway if that's all that is available. I did it when I couldn't go full boil. Beer turned out just fine.