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Originally Posted by permo
I could just go outside and grab a pail full of snow!
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That actually works fantastically well! Throughout this New England winter, I have been making a snow bath by pouring some water into a large plastic storage container outside and dumping a bunch of snow in. I do stir the wort periodically, and a couple of times I'll remove the boil pot to shovel a bit more snow in. I've been able to cool 5.5 gallons of wort to 70 degrees in 15-20 minutes this way.
Sadly (or not!), my snow bank has melted from all the rain (and flooding), so today I carried my pot down to a brook not far from my house and stuck it in. Nice cold water and it worked fine, but carrying the full, hot boil pot all the way down there and scrambling down the bank with it was a PITA...think I'm going to have to break down and get or make myself a wort chiller soon.
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