nyer
Well-Known Member
I live in Florida so my water is always in the 80s which makes it almost impossible to chill with an immersion chiller (and its expensive when you are paying water and sewer).I was watching brewdogs and noticed that they pumped their wort thru the immersion chiller that was sitting in a bucket of ice. Has anyone tried this method? I did a quick little test yesterday and it seemed to work. I ordered a few more camlocks so I can set it up correctly. I think it will take a lot of ice but I have a commercial ice machine sitting next to my brewstand so that's easy. I also like that I can recirculate thru the chiller and get a great whirlpool going. That never worked well with the immersion chiller. I'm thinking that I can drain off the water as the ice melts into buckets to use for cleanup and watering plants.