I made a wort chiller today.

[rekamefink]

My plan is to use the tote method, putting the wort in a big Rubbermaid type deal and adding ice water to circulate.



I think it'll work.

 

[beerenstein]

Drop chiller directly into brew pot. This is the best way. It worked for me the first time, even though I'm not a professional and I had my doubts.

Why would you pour hot wort into a plastic container? I'm just wondering...

I don't like it when I heat dinner in Tupperware because of a (plastic ) taste. ..

I wouldn't chance it man! If you have to do separate boils for different reasons, you should boil, add together in one vessel, use chiller, then go to fermenting chamber and pitch yeast . You can do all separately.

Are you doing all grain or extract at the moment?

 

[rekamefink]

Drop chiller directly into brew pot. This is the best way. It worked for me the first time, even though I'm not a professional and I had my doubts.

Why would you pour hot wort into a plastic container? I'm just wondering...

I don't like it when I heat dinner in Tupperware because of a (plastic ) taste. ..

I wouldn't chance it man! If you have to do separate boils for different reasons, you should boil, add together in one vessel, use chiller, then go to fermenting chamber and pitch yeast . You can do all separately.

Are you doing all grain or extract at the moment?

I'm going to use the chiller in my brew pot, then put the brew pot in a plastic bucket filled with ice water and a fountain pump to circulate the water.

 

[Scriv]

Nice, looks good.

 

[estricklin]

I've done something like that before, works really well. I made my own ice for free too by freezing water in some plastic tubs from the super market in the deep freeze.

 

[Gentlemans_Ale]

I'm going to use the chiller in my brew pot, then put the brew pot in a plastic bucket filled with ice water and a fountain pump to circulate the water.

This exactly what I do. Down to 70 degrees in 15 minutes.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

I freeze a couple of gallon milk jugs and also use about 3 bags of ice to cool one batch (5.5 gal - boiling to 65F in 15-20 min). I put the BK in my kitchen sink and use a small bilge pump to circulate the ice water thru the IC. I cut the plastic off the frozen jugs and put them in. These last pretty long. I supplement with the bagged ice as I go. The first ice you put in will melt pretty quickly so be prepared to scoop out or siphon out some water periodically to make room for more ice.

 

[beerenstein]

I'm going to use the chiller in my brew pot, then put the brew pot in a plastic bucket filled with ice water and a fountain pump to circulate the water.

I apologize. I got into a few last night and lost my filter. .. I'm normally not an a******.

That's a great idea. Last night I read the post as pouring boiling wort into a Rubbermaid container lol. Happy brewing !

 

[mrgrimm101]

That's a great idea. Last night I read the post as pouring boiling wort into a Rubbermaid container lol. Happy brewing !

I read it the same way

 

[JohnSand]

I just use ground water, which is cheap here and cool most of the year. Those using ice would need less if you start with water, chill a bit, then change the water and add ice.
I did a silly thing last time. I partly close the drain on my outside sink, put the kettle in the sink, and run the chiller. The cooling water runs through the chiller, then fills the sink to cool the pot from outside too. Then I clean up while chilling. But I closed the drain too much, filled the sink and floated the kettle. Thankfully it didn't spill, or take on any water from the sink. But it was a scary sight bobbing there.
Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do!

 

[myelo]

I just use ground water, which is cheap here and cool most of the year. Those using ice would need less if you start with water, chill a bit, then change the water and add ice.

Yeah, that's what I do. When the wort's 200 F, even if your tap water is 70 F, it cools pretty fast. Once the wort temperature starts getting closer to the tap water temperature, I add the ice.