thirdcoastzed
New Member
No, not an ice bath - ice.
Several days prior to brew day, I boil up three gallons of water, and let it go for about 20 minutes. Not sure, but I seem to remember that this is the average time for water to sanitize via boiling. I take the water, pour it into 4 sanitized metal cylinders, and 'cap' the cylinder with tin foil and rubber bands. I then wrap them in a frozen tea towel, and set them in front of a fan. Repeat this several times, it cools the liquid quite quickly. when i can pick up the can with my bare hands i put them in the freezer.
On brew day, after the boil is all said and done and the wort is in the fermenter (currently using a MiniBrew 6.5) I take the cylinders out of the freezer, and drop the ice in one at a time. It cools the wort to pitchable temperatures in less than a half hour.
I have been doing this for the last 6 batches, and have not detected any bad results from it. Any input? I feel like this is cheating somehow, anyone else use this method?
Several days prior to brew day, I boil up three gallons of water, and let it go for about 20 minutes. Not sure, but I seem to remember that this is the average time for water to sanitize via boiling. I take the water, pour it into 4 sanitized metal cylinders, and 'cap' the cylinder with tin foil and rubber bands. I then wrap them in a frozen tea towel, and set them in front of a fan. Repeat this several times, it cools the liquid quite quickly. when i can pick up the can with my bare hands i put them in the freezer.
On brew day, after the boil is all said and done and the wort is in the fermenter (currently using a MiniBrew 6.5) I take the cylinders out of the freezer, and drop the ice in one at a time. It cools the wort to pitchable temperatures in less than a half hour.
I have been doing this for the last 6 batches, and have not detected any bad results from it. Any input? I feel like this is cheating somehow, anyone else use this method?