Idea for chilling wort

[CarolinaMatt]

I believe thats the one ive heard of. Theres a guy here that likes to go up there when he needs to stock up. Wish i could do that! Lol

Yea I very much enjoy it. Also, can crush my grains there which is nice! Where do you usually get your stuff from?

 

[SHAIV]

Yea I very much enjoy it. Also, can crush my grains there which is nice! Where do you usually get your stuff from?

I usually order my stuff online. Im too busy and theres not a convenient local place. The closest one is like 30 min away. Go to alternative beverage and tell them to open a store near me! Lol

 

[CarolinaMatt]

I usually order my stuff online. Im too busy and theres not a convenient local place. The closest one is like 30 min away. Go to alternative beverage and tell them to open a store near me! Lol

haha good call! Where abouts are you located?

 

[SHAIV]

In the lexington/west columbia area

 

[Biglou56]

Any idea of an estimate of how long it would take to get down to pitching temp? Love the idea of being able to save/reuse water. Are the initial buckets of tap water pretty effective to start?

have you ever thought of using dry ice in your pre-chiller?

 

[CarolinaMatt]

have you ever thought of using dry ice in your pre-chiller?

Interesting. What exactly would I do?

 

[SanPancho]

have you ever thought of using dry ice in your pre-chiller?

How would that work? In a water bath? Doesthe dry ice dissolve quickly? You gotta have some contact with the coils, i assume watr is the mechanism.

 

[SHAIV]

Ive heard of people freezing a salt water mix or “brine” and using that. Because of the salt it has a lower freezing point therefore it can be colder and still flow through a chiller

 

[Bubman]

I know this is an older thread but just found this on youtube

 

[Jayjay1976]

Just get a coil of copper tubing, 20 feet or so from your local big box DIY retailer should only cost around $10, and run the water through that in a cooler or tub full of ice and water on its way to your chiller. I would have the cooler with ice ready and only submerge the coil in it once your wort gets down to 120 or so to take it down to pitching temps. Even better would be using a pump to recirculate cooling water like @Bubman suggested.