Recent content by rbhargan

Joe - I was thinking of doing something similar to your suggestion. I will be using a 5 gallon plastic bucket into which I will place a frozen gallon milk jug filled with ice, then fill the bucket with water. I will wrap about 20' of 3/8" plastic tubing around the jug, in the bucket...

But, if the cold break produces more trub, doesn't a counterflow chiller just produce more sediment in the fermenter? This is the part that confuses me.

I have just gotten back into brewing after a long hiatus and have found myself trying to decide between immersion or counterflow chilling (I have both). As I understand it, one of the reasons for chilling wort as quickly as possible is to maximize the cold break and precipitate out the...