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 with ice water would be good.
My wife had a different approach. Rather than cool the wort to room temperature and then add it to the room temperature water, she suggested I freeze the water I'm going to add the wort to, then add the wort so that it will rather quickly reach room temperature.
Does it make any difference which way I do it?
I know about using various other cooling methods that require plumbing, but I really just want a relatively simple method for right now.
Thanks in advance.
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 with ice water would be good.
My wife had a different approach. Rather than cool the wort to room temperature and then add it to the room temperature water, she suggested I freeze the water I'm going to add the wort to, then add the wort so that it will rather quickly reach room temperature.
Does it make any difference which way I do it?
I know about using various other cooling methods that require plumbing, but I really just want a relatively simple method for right now.
Thanks in advance.