SOB S. Florida heat

SwampassJ · 06-06-2010, 12:46 AM

Need to make a pre chiller or a pre chiller with a CFC.

My tap water was 82 today, outside temps hit 96 and the heat index was 106.

**Sea** · 06-06-2010, 12:53 AM

I feel for ya. My tap water never gets over 45 DegF.

Good Luck

mosquitocontrol · 06-06-2010, 01:02 AM

Yeah, I feel you. Last time i brewed it took nearly an hour to get the work to temp. Had to put a cooler in the bathtub filled with icewater and submerge the pump for my chiller in there. Still took way too much watching then I was used to. If only I had room in my freezer to think ahead. Whatever works I guess.

juvinious · 06-06-2010, 01:19 AM

Ugh, this heat sucks, I ride bike daily so combined with the rain and humidity, blegh

. I brew indoors thankfully, so the water temp is a little lower, but still. :P

**passedpawn** · 06-06-2010, 02:21 AM

I run pool water through my plate chiller. Of course, the pool is now in the mid 80's, so from there I stick the carboys into the chest freezer to get to pitching temps. It only takes a couple of hours to get there, so it's not really a big deal.

Yea, it was hot and humid today. I brewed a big batch of a orange pale ale.

**smokinghole** · 06-06-2010, 02:52 AM

You could take a trip to a grocery store like Albertsons and get two 20lb bags of ice. Now I don't have the hot water problem you guys do but I run an immersion chiller with a pond pump and recirculate the water from a cooler filled with ice. When the first bag is mostly melted I add the second. Plus then I have water for cleaning if I need it. It's like $6 but I'd rather buy the ice at this point. I might even move to no chill beer in the near future.

**uechikid** · 06-06-2010, 03:02 AM

When I made my immersion chiller I made two. One goes in an ice chest full of ice (pre-chill) and the other in the wort. Water goes from spigot, through the pre-chiller then into the primary chiller then into the garden. Works great for hot days.

**passedpawn** · 06-06-2010, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by uechikid

When I made my immersion chiller I made two. One goes in an ice chest full of ice (pre-chill) and the other in the wort. Water goes from spigot, through the pre-chiller then into the primary chiller then into the garden. Works great for hot days.

I used to do almost the same thing (IC fed into the plate chiller). But I don't like buying ice.

Pick · 06-06-2010, 04:34 PM

My well water comes from the Florida springs aquifer, so it is a constant 72* year round. So far no problems getting the wort into the high 70's.

matt415 · 06-06-2010, 09:52 PM

i consider my immersible pump the best brew investment ive made in a while now. i cool 5.5 gallon batches in about 12 minutes.