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So thanks much to every one who posted their advice and experience, it was greatly appreciated!! :mug: In the end what I decided to do was the simple ice-bath. I didn't add anything inside the wort. I simply filled up the kitchen sink with water and ice, stirring both the ice-bath and the...

I'm about to attempt my second brew. Like my first (German Wheat), my second is a kit (Red Ale) The instructions say to chill the wort rapidly to ~70ºF, and I'm debating the method with my wife. I thought that immersing the wort in its boiling vessel into a tub (maybe a Rubbermaid) filled...