E-Mursed

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Got my Munich Helles down to 80 before transferring from kettle to carboy.

Need to get it down to 60 before pitching my Southern German yeast, so I did what anyone would do in the "hood".

Ghetto Chilling....or as we call it "Lagering in the D"

Currently 24 degrees with a 12mph wind.

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I would rather live my life believing there is a God and die to find out there isn't than live my life believing there isn't a God and die to find out there is.

"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."


You might be a nurse if you firmly believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.

Spring_Chicken

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Set that kettle in the snow next time and watch it drop temp.

E-Mursed

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Will do that with my next batch.

I used the IC for the initial cooling and transferred the water to the washing machine until it was full. This is my first full boil with new kettle.

Normally I would just top off the carboy with cold water, but I filled directly from kettle all the way this time.

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Schöne Blondine Brauerei

I would rather live my life believing there is a God and die to find out there isn't than live my life believing there isn't a God and die to find out there is.

"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."


You might be a nurse if you firmly believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.

Spring_Chicken

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An IC is the way to go. I love mine. With the ground close to frozen at this time of year I can get down to pitching temp in no time.

sjbable

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yea i dropped 10 degrees every 3 mins.

Hoppylikerabbits

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I wouldent put the kettle in the snow. It wont work well at all. The snow will melt turning to ice which will in turn act as an insulator.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/wort-chilling-snow-took-forever-222865/

woodstone

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What hoppylikerabbits said....

...and I'd be VERY worried about temp shocking the glass carboy...BE VERY, VERY careful!!!

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DRUNK-I-AM

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"Lagering in the D".......Hahahaha, thank you for breaking up the monotony of a Monday. Now if we could only get the two Fox Sports hotties to pitch that! You're not alone, I actually put my brew kettle of raspberry wheat in the snow after the boil on Saturday night to speed up the cooling.

thepartsmancometh

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Due to water hookups, etc. I use a recirc. Pond pump in an old ale pail with my IC. If there's snow on the ground it goes in the bucket with the water and does a great job chilling! Cheaper than ice lol