Full grain brew help

[cgr2973]

U am about to make my first non kit brew and was curious if there was a way to chill the wort without a wort chiller and what is the best way to do so?

 

[kapbrew13]

Oh no. No wort chiller? Ice bath? Pickup 25' of copper, hose, and clamps and make one. About an hour of your time.

 

[GASoline71]

How did you do it before with the "kit brews"?

Gary

 

[W0rthog]

I just put my brew pot in an ice bath and use my paddle to gently, gently, ever so gently create a swirling motion around the outside of the kettle. It works really well. Try not to stir fast or create a splash. Since I brew with a 15 gallon kettle now, I purchased a $15 metal trash can to dunk my pot in.

 

[Cyclman]

Return the trash can, buy the piping for a chiller, and assemble one, lots of threads on how to do it for $30 or so.

 

[masskrug]

I use a homemade chiller and a large plastic tub with ice water.

This is the method I used, but mine is far uglier. It works though:

 

[BobbiLynn]

Once I had just finished brewing, or actually just a few more minutes on the boil when I had to rush out and take hubby to the hospital, just turned it off, put the lid on good so nothing could get it... When I got back to it after 24 hours or so, it was cooled. That batch turned out fine!! And hubby recovered from that incident fine too. I have since done the same thing when I drank too many beers while brewing and didn't make it to the chill part.

 

[kapbrew13]

Once I had just finished brewing, or actually just a few more minutes on the boil when I had to rush out and take hubby to the hospital, just turned it off, put the lid on good so nothing could get it... When I got back to it after 24 hours or so, it was cooled. That batch turned out fine!! And hubby recovered from that incident fine too. I have since done the same thing when I drank too many beers while brewing and didn't make it to the chill part.

Isn't this the no-chill brewing due to issues brewing method?

 

[BobbiLynn]

Isn't this the no-chill brewing due to issues brewing method?

Yes. Yes it is.

 

[funkadelicturkey]

Since I brew with a 15 gallon kettle now, I purchased a $15 metal trash can to dunk my pot in.

i'm going to recommend not lifting/moving 5+ gallons of boiling hot wort, especially if you're like me and like to enjoy a few beers while brewing. The only way I could imagine this being safe is if you were sober and using a pulley system or something similar.

 

[W0rthog]

Thanks for the advice. My next step is to acquire a plate chiller + pump. I'm not a fan of the copper tubing wort chiller. It take just as long as an ice bath and cleaning the copper tubing isn't my idea of a good time.