pre-chiller question

[Evan]

brewed this weekend, and it was just hot out. while cooling down my wort, it pretty much just stuck at 80 degrees. put it in the carboy, stuck it in the basement until it got down to where i wanted it then pitched.

question is, i made this 3/8" chiller back when i did extract, and its probably 10'-12' i'd guess (can't remember). i haven't used it in forever, but would 10' be long enough? or would i want to look into getting around 20' to make a pre-chiller?

 

[Bobby_M]

It would be effective for knocking down that last few degrees but I wouldn't waste ice on it for the first 100F of chilling. After getting to about 90F, put the prechiller in a bucket of icewater with a handful of rocksalt/icemelt. Run the water through it slowly and be sure to agitate both the prechiller and IC at the same time to avoid stratification.

 

[Evan]

It would be effective for knocking down that last few degrees but I wouldn't waste ice on it for the first 100F of chilling. After getting to about 90F, put the prechiller in a bucket of icewater with a handful of rocksalt/icemelt. Run the water through it slowly and be sure to agitate both the prechiller and IC at the same time to avoid stratification.

cool. i'll do that this weekend, thank you.