homebrewer_99

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My partial boils are 1-1.5 gals.

I place 4 gal of water in the freezer for 4-5 hours prior to brewing. After the brew is done I pour 2 gal into the primary and sparge the hops with the remaining 2 gals and top off to 5.25 gals.

The temp is down the about 72F or lower every time.

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rdwj

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Ya, that's probably one of my next two purchases. I've got to start spreading them out a little or SWMBO is going to have my head on a platter. I love all the toys that come with this hobby - makes me feel like a mad scientist - lol.

There is a pretty sweet guide to building a nice counterflow somewhere on this board, but I don't really have a use for one until I get a big pot with a valve.

Noldar

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I use the double sink method. Right off the burner I put the kettle into a water bath with a light amount of ice since it'll heat up extremely fast. While it's sitting in the one side of the sink, I fill up the other with some ice. Once the water is warm, I switch the kettle over and repeat the process, gradually adding more ice to the cold water in the sink as the wort cools. I occasionaly and slowly stir the wort as well when it's chilling.

I timed my last effort and it took 30minutes to bring a wort down to 80 degrees that way. I'm fairly certain I could lower it to about 25 with some shenanigans

I'm still going to invest in making a Wort Chiller in the next month or so.

the_bird

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Wort chiller's definately on the to-do list. Pretty long list though, it may take a little while to get to it!

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D*Bo

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Recommmend checing prices for copper tubing at a plumbing supply shop. Talk to the person at the counter, you should be able to get it far cheaper than at HD or Lowes.

Using straight tap water thru a 3/8" x 25-30ft copper tube immersion chiller gets my 5.5 gallon wort to less than 70* in 5 min or so.

Just drop it in the wort (cleaned off of course) with 10min left in the boil to sanitize it.

A couple months ago I was able to pick up 50' of 3/8 for $27, But I've got a friend at a supply house, soI get it for employee cost. Maybe some tasty home brews could be traded for a discount.

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PrimaryBaltica 9
Secondary British all Amarillo IPA, Calypso
Conditioning Decoction maddness, FlyingJess Ale
Drinking Oatmeal Chocolate Stout, Oaked Bourbon Chocolate Stout, Dry Mead)
Up NextScottish ale and Dopple Bock

Always ready for the wack snack attack, I carry sandwiches around in a straight edge style JanSports backpack.

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