Deofol
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When I first got into home brewing I watched an episode of Good Eats (with Alton Brown) on brewing beer. He used a 7lb bag of ice directly in the firmentor (which was a plastic bucket) to cool the wort down.
This got me thinking, since 7lbs of ice is approximately a tad less than a gallon of water (He said 7lbs+1 pint == 1 gallon), why couldn't you boil your wort as usual and when the time came to cool it, just drop in the ice?
Seems like it would save some time compared to doing an ice bath in the sink.
Thoughts?
Here is a link to the Good Eats episode if anyone is interested...
This got me thinking, since 7lbs of ice is approximately a tad less than a gallon of water (He said 7lbs+1 pint == 1 gallon), why couldn't you boil your wort as usual and when the time came to cool it, just drop in the ice?
Seems like it would save some time compared to doing an ice bath in the sink.
Thoughts?
Here is a link to the Good Eats episode if anyone is interested...