CollinsBrew
Well-Known Member
That's right...I haven't been able to brew in a loooong time. I've finally gotten settled in and had everything ready to get my brew on! I ordered three all-grain ingredient kits from Northern Brewer; Bavarian Hefeweizen, Cream Ale, and an Oatmeal Stout. Today I went with the Bavarian Hef since it's a pretty simple process and only one hop-in.
Everything went off without a hitch...until I got to the cooling process. I swear, everytime I get to that point in my brew process I hate it. I have a pretty decent immersion chiller and the water temp here is between 40-50 from the tap but I feel like it takes forever to get my wort down to pitching temps and yes, I whirlpool and all of that. It takes me close to 40 minutes everytime I brew to get the temps down to where I want them. Is there something I'm missing with an immersion chiller? Different rates of waterflow? I'm about fed up with it and just going to try my luck with a CFC. I know most people here love those things but I don't have a pump which means I would need a way to get the wort from the bottom of the CFC into the carboy.
Hey! Either way, I've got about 5.5 gallons of Bavarian Hef fermenting in the lagerator right now...STOKED!
Everything went off without a hitch...until I got to the cooling process. I swear, everytime I get to that point in my brew process I hate it. I have a pretty decent immersion chiller and the water temp here is between 40-50 from the tap but I feel like it takes forever to get my wort down to pitching temps and yes, I whirlpool and all of that. It takes me close to 40 minutes everytime I brew to get the temps down to where I want them. Is there something I'm missing with an immersion chiller? Different rates of waterflow? I'm about fed up with it and just going to try my luck with a CFC. I know most people here love those things but I don't have a pump which means I would need a way to get the wort from the bottom of the CFC into the carboy.
Hey! Either way, I've got about 5.5 gallons of Bavarian Hef fermenting in the lagerator right now...STOKED!