Toasted678
Well-Known Member
I have my inaugural brew set for this Thursday night! I can't wait (however SWMBO may be able to wait.) I have been planning this pretty carefully as to what equipment I need and what not but I am unclear about 1 thing.
I planned on doing a full-boil of a northern brewer extract kit. However, in going over the process 1,000 times in my head, the only way I have to cool the wort after the boil is with an ice water bath. Do you all think this is sufficient enough to cool as quickly as I need to given that it is for a 5 gal recipe? An Immersion Chiller is definitely on my Christmas list but I'm not sure if I should partial boil until I get one or just say screw it and try the full boil and see what happens. What do you all think? Thanks!!
I planned on doing a full-boil of a northern brewer extract kit. However, in going over the process 1,000 times in my head, the only way I have to cool the wort after the boil is with an ice water bath. Do you all think this is sufficient enough to cool as quickly as I need to given that it is for a 5 gal recipe? An Immersion Chiller is definitely on my Christmas list but I'm not sure if I should partial boil until I get one or just say screw it and try the full boil and see what happens. What do you all think? Thanks!!