Cooling wort

[Zippitydo]

Our directions say to cool wort from boiling to 80° in 15-20 min. It took us 40 min. Dont have the nifty cooling tool yet. Will it cause a provlem because it took us so long?

 

[45_70sharps]

No problem.
The faster it cools and you get the yeast into it, the less chance of infection.

You'll be fine.

 

[241]

I focus on getting it below 140 F as fast as possible, then go do other things afterwards, like clean up. I usually can't get it much lower than 80 with my ground water temps here in CA so I just transfer to fermenter and get my fermentation chamber to get it down to pitching temps.

 

[LuiInIdaho]

Our directions say to cool wort from boiling to 80° in 15-20 min. It took us 40 min. Dont have the nifty cooling tool yet. Will it cause a provlem because it took us so long?

You did well cooling it down in a reasonable time. There are people on the forum who cannot get their wort that cool with wort chillers in the heat of the summer in that time.

Best of luck on the batch! Mark