Cooling Wort Using Frozen Bottles

[mac_1103]

Here in Pakistan we use open small vessels to freeze ice in simmers. Just dump in the whole vessel inside the hot wort and later remove that vessel. But the ice and that vessel should be sterilized from inside out.

If the vessel is open then the ice is not sterile. You can't use it to chill the ice to pitching temp and still rely on the hot wort to sterilize it.

Freeze in plastic tubs, such as cottage cheese containers, having a wide opening and conical shape.

Now that I should have thought of.

 

[IslandLizard]

Where's the pump?

See the skinny black cable against the cabinet door behind the cooler?

But recirculating hot water back into a tub with ice/water is counterproductive. It's better to capture it in a bucket to be used for cleanup, or watering the plants later on when it has cooled down.

When the temp difference between in and out becomes small, recirculation can be beneficial.

 

[mac_1103]

See the skinny black cable against the cabinet door behind the cooler?

Ah-ha!

 

[bike2brew]

Where's the pump?

small $9 immersion pump in the cooler. trouble with adding "enough" cool water to top-off is you can miss your gravity and still not cool sufficently. Don't like idea of floating cold bottles, etc. in my wort. Always able to add ice to the bath to keep it cooler. The ice bath circulates through the coil and water does not come in contact with the wort. Yes, I am an extract brewer so partial volume boil works for me.