Cooling the Wort

[shortyjacobs]

my tap is about 99-103 measured in the summer, so I use just ice water all the time, never used a standard IC just the ribcage, I made it from 30' of 3/8" copper. Also because I am using a pond pump I have never had any issues with house line pressure blowing off a cooler line.

103 degree ground water?? Jeez! That's hot tub temperature!

 

[azscoob]

yeah, I usually shower with just the cold water on in mid summer. it is kind of difficult to cool the wort when temps get that high without ice

 

[FishinDave07]

Here ya go, posted for you. You forgot to mention that you wrap a pool noodle around the pot and just let if float around while chilling.

Talk about a balanced brew!


...lame joke, i know. Call me crazy, but with a 5 gallon batch the Guinness keggle floats perfectly on its own. I might get a noodle for a mental break.

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

yeah, I usually shower with just the cold water on in mid summer. it is kind of difficult to cool the wort when temps get that high without ice

Same here in the summer, I live in a new build home and they run the piping up through the attic, the cold water is hotter than the hot water gets for the first few minutes. Saves a little energy on hot showers in the summertime.

I use the same practice, recirculate ice water from a picnic cooler with a utility pump, works great, I was just curious at how much more efficient a rib-cage would be. It would be extremely simple to modify my IC to a ribcage type.