Frozen Aluminium bottles as a wort chiller ?

[sunilthomasgeorge217]

Im new to the and just getting started . i dont know if a post like this already exists . would like to know your thoughts on aluminium bottles with frozen distilled water sanitized and used as a wort chiller .

 

[jschein]

Sure spray them with starsan and drop them in the pot.

 

[grrickar]

Im new to the and just getting started . i dont know if a post like this already exists . would like to know your thoughts on aluminium bottles with frozen distilled water sanitized and used as a wort chiller .

Why use distilled water, they are capped right?

 

[popsicleian]

Every time I've tried freezing an aluminum bottle it has cracked (luckily just twice). Just something to think about if you haven't already tried freezing the bottles you have in mind.