Smits07
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What are some good methods to chill 2.5 gallon batches of beer?
I started my brewing days with 5 gallon extract kits. Over the last 3 years my friend I have scaled our brewing operations up to two to three 10gallon batches in a brew day (35gal. is the most we have ever done total in one day). However, I am I looking at starting to regress and do a few 2.5 gallon batches. I want to use minimal equipment and keep it as simple as possible. My main purpose is just to be able to do a small batch where I can test a recipe/style before scaling it up. I think everything will be easy, and I already have the equipment for it except I don't know about the chilling. Using my current chiller is way to big and bulky for me wanting to deal with it on these micro brews. From what I have read, an ice bath will take a good hour or two for 2.5 gallon batch. I would like some faster chilling methods. Anybody have any tricks up their sleeve for this?
Thanks!
I started my brewing days with 5 gallon extract kits. Over the last 3 years my friend I have scaled our brewing operations up to two to three 10gallon batches in a brew day (35gal. is the most we have ever done total in one day). However, I am I looking at starting to regress and do a few 2.5 gallon batches. I want to use minimal equipment and keep it as simple as possible. My main purpose is just to be able to do a small batch where I can test a recipe/style before scaling it up. I think everything will be easy, and I already have the equipment for it except I don't know about the chilling. Using my current chiller is way to big and bulky for me wanting to deal with it on these micro brews. From what I have read, an ice bath will take a good hour or two for 2.5 gallon batch. I would like some faster chilling methods. Anybody have any tricks up their sleeve for this?
Thanks!