militarymech
Member
Hey all, new to the forums and have been just reading a lot. I'm on my second batch of home brew (A Hefeweizen).
I'd always wanted to home brew and saw an episode of "Good Eats" with Alton Brown where he walked you through the process step by step.... I can do this!!!! So I did! ;-)
Any ways, in his show, he talked about getting the wort cooled down as quickly as possible to prevent infection (A concept I think we can all appreciate). His method was to dump 7# of store bought ice into the hot wort. This is the method i tried. After topping up with cold water, the temp was just about perfect for pitching the yeast!
Does anyone else use this method? Any reason not to? My first batch came out great (the Dirty Blond from NW brewers) and my second seems to be doing fine in the bucket....
I'd always wanted to home brew and saw an episode of "Good Eats" with Alton Brown where he walked you through the process step by step.... I can do this!!!! So I did! ;-)
Any ways, in his show, he talked about getting the wort cooled down as quickly as possible to prevent infection (A concept I think we can all appreciate). His method was to dump 7# of store bought ice into the hot wort. This is the method i tried. After topping up with cold water, the temp was just about perfect for pitching the yeast!
Does anyone else use this method? Any reason not to? My first batch came out great (the Dirty Blond from NW brewers) and my second seems to be doing fine in the bucket....