BlueHouseBrewhaus
Well-Known Member
I chill similar to Brewzologist. I recirculate ice water from the sink through my IC. I use 2 frozen 1 gal jugs (old milk jugs) and 3 bags of ice. I save icemaker ice in bags (free) but you can obviously just buy it. I bought a smallest 12V bilge pump from my local marine store for about $20 and spliced it to an old recharging cord.
I fill the sink 1/3 with water, put in the BK, add the ice jugs (I cut away the plastic), add one bag of ice and hook up the pump and hoses to my IC. Start the pump and I drop to about 140F in 5 min. Since I'm impatient, I will then syphon some water out of the sink and add more ice. This process gets me down to 60F in 15 - 20 min. My IC is homemade - 30 feet of 3/8-inch copper. I could probably do better with a bigger chiller but I'm happy with this setup. The syphoning is the only inconvenient step but not too bad.
I fill the sink 1/3 with water, put in the BK, add the ice jugs (I cut away the plastic), add one bag of ice and hook up the pump and hoses to my IC. Start the pump and I drop to about 140F in 5 min. Since I'm impatient, I will then syphon some water out of the sink and add more ice. This process gets me down to 60F in 15 - 20 min. My IC is homemade - 30 feet of 3/8-inch copper. I could probably do better with a bigger chiller but I'm happy with this setup. The syphoning is the only inconvenient step but not too bad.
