Sorry, what's an FV? Might consider the boiling then freezing option in the future as well. Thanks.

Yep, I'm doing extract brewing right now. Haven't tried treating the water yet. Maybe next time :D

Thanks. I'm using filtered bottled water, and the ice bags are essentially the crushed filtered water stored in a bag. I sanitize the outside of the bottle/bag before dumping, but granted I can't control what's inside. I did get a supercooled water effect this past time where the water in the...

Does anyone use store bought ice bags, or supercooled bottled water? I live in Singapore, and am a newbie so haven't invested in coils or anything. Bottled water or ice bags have worked quite well for me. Just calculate that into how much water you want to add. Just seeing if there were any...