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I know some of you folks living in warmer climes sometimes use a prechiller to get the wort down to a temp where your tap water can manage to cool your wort. Well, right now, it's freakin like 20 degrees outside. This got me to thinking.
What's the rush with cooling your wort? Why all the fuss? I'm not suggesting that we all go back to the ice water bathtub routine or anything, but why not just let nature do her own prechilling? Think about it...
Water as cool as 130F degrees or so can be used to sanitize/sterilize... so why make any fuss whatsoever before the wort has reached this temperature? What benefit do we get with the ice baths and the pre chillers? Sure, we chill the wort faster, but does it really stave off infection if the wort is still hot enough to sanitize itself?
Why not just let the wort cool itself down to 135 or so.... why not?
What's the rush with cooling your wort? Why all the fuss? I'm not suggesting that we all go back to the ice water bathtub routine or anything, but why not just let nature do her own prechilling? Think about it...
Water as cool as 130F degrees or so can be used to sanitize/sterilize... so why make any fuss whatsoever before the wort has reached this temperature? What benefit do we get with the ice baths and the pre chillers? Sure, we chill the wort faster, but does it really stave off infection if the wort is still hot enough to sanitize itself?
Why not just let the wort cool itself down to 135 or so.... why not?