kzimmer0817
Well-Known Member
For those of you who no-chill, what are you using for containers?
Yesterday, I read thru the 130 page, 1291 post thread entitled, "Exploring No Chill Brewing."
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/exploring-no-chill-brewing-117111/
It is long and tedious but loaded with information. I commend Dr_Deathweed for his excellent explanation, but I sort of got lost towards the end of it - around midnight last night. In fact, I never really saw where the OP had completed his experiment. Anyway, there were several different HDPE vessels mentioned in the thread that would be useful for no-chilling:
1. The rectangular and round Winpacks from US Plastics
2. The blue Aquatainer from Walmart
3. A cube-shaped container that can be dumped out of
4. A cube-shaped container that has a spigot
5. Just leave it in the boil kettle.
Personally, I would prefer one that had a spigot so that I could simply drain into my fermentation vessel as opposed to picking up the container and trying to pour it into a funnel.
Before I purchase one of these, I would like to hear from any of you who have used these for no-chill. If you have experience with more than one container, I'd love to know which you preferred and why. For example, some were concerned about the blue Aquatainer from Walmart because the 2nd little stopper is one of those "push and pray" type.
I'd prefer not to go off on other no-chill tangents in this thread since they are well-covered in the original thread - including various no-chill techniques, hop schedule adjustment, fermenting in the container, and, even, recipe discussion.
I'd really like this to be a thread to which people looking to try no-chill can come to for quick information and recommendations on particular containers to use.
Thank you,
Keith
Yesterday, I read thru the 130 page, 1291 post thread entitled, "Exploring No Chill Brewing."
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/exploring-no-chill-brewing-117111/
It is long and tedious but loaded with information. I commend Dr_Deathweed for his excellent explanation, but I sort of got lost towards the end of it - around midnight last night. In fact, I never really saw where the OP had completed his experiment. Anyway, there were several different HDPE vessels mentioned in the thread that would be useful for no-chilling:
1. The rectangular and round Winpacks from US Plastics
2. The blue Aquatainer from Walmart
3. A cube-shaped container that can be dumped out of
4. A cube-shaped container that has a spigot
5. Just leave it in the boil kettle.
Personally, I would prefer one that had a spigot so that I could simply drain into my fermentation vessel as opposed to picking up the container and trying to pour it into a funnel.
Before I purchase one of these, I would like to hear from any of you who have used these for no-chill. If you have experience with more than one container, I'd love to know which you preferred and why. For example, some were concerned about the blue Aquatainer from Walmart because the 2nd little stopper is one of those "push and pray" type.
I'd prefer not to go off on other no-chill tangents in this thread since they are well-covered in the original thread - including various no-chill techniques, hop schedule adjustment, fermenting in the container, and, even, recipe discussion.
I'd really like this to be a thread to which people looking to try no-chill can come to for quick information and recommendations on particular containers to use.
Thank you,
Keith