ayrton
Well-Known Member
Back when the Sam Adams competition was going on, they had a video that showed how to homebrew, and I watched most of it just to see if I could pick up a few tips. The only thing I learned was that he used two frozen gallons of water in the primary to cool the hot wort from the brew pot, instead of just adding the wort to cool water. I did this last night when I made my pumpkin ale, and it cooled it down almost immediately (as in < 5 minutes). I pitched the yeast, but afterwards, I thought it just seemed too easy. Is using ice this way ok?