Ah right thanks homebrewer99! Good idea.
This is what i am going to do then:
5-10 mins put pot in sink of water and ice to slightly cool it down.
Put the 4 liters of very chilled water in the bottom of the fermentation bucket.
Transfer wort to bucket than add more chilled preboiled water to...
Brilliant thank you for your advice!
i think i will give this a go then. What temp do you think i should transfer the wort to my fermentation bucket, because once in bucket it will be cooled down even further when topping up to 5 gallons with room temperature water.
The reason i am asking...
I am due to make my first home brew in a couple of days (5 gallon in total) and one of my main concerns is cooling the wort as quickly and safely as possible.
I was thinking of boiling 3 gallon wort and to cool it down use 2x 2 liter pop bottles(sterilized) of frozen water(pre-boiled). Once...
