Recent content by talani

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I honestly don't think I would have bought the chiller if I had known it wasn't the final solution for wort chilling. I'm really disapointed. The kind that I bought has some clear plastic hose between the copper coil and the hose connection (held with hose...

Thansk. This sucks. I was hoping the chiller was the end of all my chilling machinations. If I was smart, I would throw a couple of gallons in the fridge early in the day. I'm doing mini-mash right now so I top it off with a couple of gallons. I'll check the fridge temp. That would help...

I bought a copper wort chiller and put it right to work last night. I noticed that my tap water is a little over 80 degrees. Does this mean I cannot chill below 80 with the wort chiller? I'm doing ales, so I think I am trying to get to low 70's. I guess I could pack the hose in ice?