Puddlethumper
Well-Known Member
How long does it usually take for you to cool your wort from boiling to yeast pitching temperature?
What method/equipment do you use?
I am very interested to know how others are chilling their wort and how quickly it works for them.
I just finished a 5 gal. batch (actually about 5.5 gal.in the fermenter) and using 20' copper coil wort chiller and a 20' copper coil pre-chiller in ice (for the incoming water) managed to get the wort down to 80F in about 45 minutes.
We do have pretty warm tap water in the summertime here so that is a handicap that I continue to work with. In winter-time I can easily cool the wort to 75-78F in less than 30 min. without using a pre-chiller.
What method/equipment do you use?
I am very interested to know how others are chilling their wort and how quickly it works for them.
I just finished a 5 gal. batch (actually about 5.5 gal.in the fermenter) and using 20' copper coil wort chiller and a 20' copper coil pre-chiller in ice (for the incoming water) managed to get the wort down to 80F in about 45 minutes.
We do have pretty warm tap water in the summertime here so that is a handicap that I continue to work with. In winter-time I can easily cool the wort to 75-78F in less than 30 min. without using a pre-chiller.