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... the wort that is.
I use an immersion chiller. I like the ease of cleanup, and not having to worry about thoroughly cleaning the lines of a counterflow etc.
I use to do it like most, hooking it up to a faucet/spigot and wasting a ton of water. But during the summer it just took waaay too long. And I didn't like wasting all that water.
So I got the idea of using one of the 10 gal cooler/mash ton and filling it with ice water...use the steelhead pump I have and recirculating it.
Worked real quick at first, but the ice would melt very quickly and although I got the wort down to around 90 within a few minutes, I struggled to get it cooler.
Soo...it didn't take long to figure out I need to not recirculate in the first minute or two when the water coming out is so hot.
Long story short.... I use 3 small bags of ice, the rest water...at the beginning drain the water into an old carboy for about 2-3 gallons and then recirculate.
I can get the wort from boiling to the 70's in about 7-8 minutes.
I use an immersion chiller. I like the ease of cleanup, and not having to worry about thoroughly cleaning the lines of a counterflow etc.
I use to do it like most, hooking it up to a faucet/spigot and wasting a ton of water. But during the summer it just took waaay too long. And I didn't like wasting all that water.
So I got the idea of using one of the 10 gal cooler/mash ton and filling it with ice water...use the steelhead pump I have and recirculating it.
Worked real quick at first, but the ice would melt very quickly and although I got the wort down to around 90 within a few minutes, I struggled to get it cooler.
Soo...it didn't take long to figure out I need to not recirculate in the first minute or two when the water coming out is so hot.
Long story short.... I use 3 small bags of ice, the rest water...at the beginning drain the water into an old carboy for about 2-3 gallons and then recirculate.
I can get the wort from boiling to the 70's in about 7-8 minutes.