To the OP.
This may be a little OT but I use an IC actually 2. I put one in the boil kettle and on in a tub filled with ice water. This works great. Before I had 2 ICs I used the thinnest water hose I could find coiled up in the icewater bath. Also to conserve water I run tap watter untill the...
I've done this a couple times. After the hed slaps and Dohs I remembered a trick my uncle told me about. Take a cloth napkin, or dish towel (no bounty won't work) turn the carbouy on its side. insert about 3/4 of the cloth. Roll or upend the carbouy untill the stopper lands on the cloth. Gently...