Hey all, I've searched and haven't seen this discussed yet: we all know those "Cold Ice" gel packs we get when we order liquid yeast, right? I save them in the fridge cause they work great for small ice chests and what not. But here in the central valley CA my water comes out of the tap at 80 degrees in the summer, and my copper immersion chiller can only get the temp down so far. So last time I chilled my wort I (sanitized first and) tossed in a few of those ice packs. I figure next time I'll have more ready and I'll put them in a grain bag... sanitize the whole thing and drop it in the wort at about 85 degrees. Then can just pull out the bag and whall-la'!
Anybody see anything wrong with that??
Anybody see anything wrong with that??