switters
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I know I've asked a lot of questions over the past week or so and I really appreciate everyone's help. I'm pretty clear on all of the steps at this point, and there's just one area that I haven't totally figured out.
I don't have a wort chiller (it's the next thing on my list), and my kitchen sink is quite small. I've read up on different strategies for cooling the wort and I found this in another thread:
This appeals to me since I am also doing a partial boil / late extract edition. I have a chest freezer in the basement and several one gallon plastic containers that I can use to chill the filtered top-off water.
However, my question is this. In Palmer's How to Brew, he says to NEVER pour hot wort into a carboy. I realize that in the above scenario I'd be pouring the hot wort into a carboy with chilled water in it, but wouldn't there still be a risk of oxidation?
Or, if I finish the boil with @3 gallons, should I just add 2 gallons of the chilled water to the boil kettle (5-gallon) to immediately cool it before I add that to the carboy?
I don't have a wort chiller (it's the next thing on my list), and my kitchen sink is quite small. I've read up on different strategies for cooling the wort and I found this in another thread:
Basically, I boil up to 3 gals of water and use only half the malt for the 45-60 min boil, remove the pot from the flame and add the remaining malt and hops as required by the recipe and let it sit for 15 mins.
I also place 3-4 gals of filtered tap water in the freezer for 4-5 hours prior to brewing to use as top off water (5.25 to 5.5 gals) in the primary bucket. This addition usually cools the wort down in the 60s in the time it takes to pour and stir in.
This appeals to me since I am also doing a partial boil / late extract edition. I have a chest freezer in the basement and several one gallon plastic containers that I can use to chill the filtered top-off water.
However, my question is this. In Palmer's How to Brew, he says to NEVER pour hot wort into a carboy. I realize that in the above scenario I'd be pouring the hot wort into a carboy with chilled water in it, but wouldn't there still be a risk of oxidation?
Or, if I finish the boil with @3 gallons, should I just add 2 gallons of the chilled water to the boil kettle (5-gallon) to immediately cool it before I add that to the carboy?