On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:49:20 -0800, sadams13 wrote:
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> Those bottles of water are not sterile, but they are usually free of
> the common minerals like iron that frequently spoil an otherwise good
> batch. If you are going to use bottled water you have to boil it to
> kill everything. If you are going to use the container that it came in
> for wort than you have to sterlize it. I prefer Iodophor and if you're
> concerned about the taste of iodine then empty the sanitizer and rinse
> it with boiled water (cooled of course).[/color]

Sterilize? NO. You would be very hard pressed to sterilize plastic at
home, without ending up with a big puddle of plastic.

Sanitize? YES.

They aren't the same thing. Sterile is sanitary, but sanitary is NOT
sterile. Please don't use the two terms interchangably.