I have been having trouble cooling my wort quickly. I sit the brew pot in the sink with an ice water bath. It takes a lot of ice and still doesn't seem all that quick to me.
Then today I saw a series of home brewing videos on YouTube with Jim Cook. (From Sam Adams) In these videos he used blocks of ice in the fermenting bucket. Onto these he ladled the wort.
I assume the Ice was boiled prior to freezing to prevent infection. Seems like a pain but it also seems cheaper (At least in the short run) than an immersion chiller.
Anybody here use this method? Do you recommend it?
Then today I saw a series of home brewing videos on YouTube with Jim Cook. (From Sam Adams) In these videos he used blocks of ice in the fermenting bucket. Onto these he ladled the wort.
I assume the Ice was boiled prior to freezing to prevent infection. Seems like a pain but it also seems cheaper (At least in the short run) than an immersion chiller.
Anybody here use this method? Do you recommend it?
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