What do you chill with?

[Julohan]

Just seeing how many people chill with each type.

 

[the_bird]

I chill with a homebrew.

Oh wait, are you asking a different question? Sorry...

"Real" answer; recently took a CFC out for a test-run; I'll be doing that in the future. Full-bore, was chilling to just over pitching temps, so I recirced for a while.

 

[BrewinJack]

I have a 30 gallon toat that I fill 1/3 full of ice or snow (depending on the season) and then take my pot and snug it down in there. Takes about 30 min. Old school.

Drink them in good health

 

[Troubs]

CFC, gravity fed, right into the fermenter

 

[llazy_llama]

Stainless Steel IC. It was dirt cheap, and my groundwater comes out at near absoloute zero in South Dakota.

 

[Hammy71]

50' copper IC. Cheap, easy, and effective.

 

[ibbones]

I'm a "no-chill" kinda of guy.

 

[sp1365]

Did no chill for a while, but now I use a homemade IC.

 

[jarrman00]

I used an IC for a while, but the new plate chiller is just amazing. From 200 to 60 in the time it takes to pass through the chiller. Its just amazing.

 

[Jzak09]

My homies... in the bath tub....

 

[shelly_belly]

50' 1/2" Copper IC Bobby M style. Cost was $60 DIY

http://www.youtube.com/bobbyfromnj#p/u/25/G8EolKTDZUQ

 

[C2H5OH]

No chill. Boiling wort straight to hot glass carboy. In fact, it's on my back porch cooling right now. Roughly 150 degrees F.

 

[Wade E]

You my friend like to live dangerous!
Me, I use a 50' IC.

 

[Jumbo82]

I used an IC for a while, but the new plate chiller is just amazing. From 200 to 60 in the time it takes to pass through the chiller. Its just amazing.

+1. In fact, with 48 degree groundwater, I actually have to throttle back on my garden hose to keep my wort from getting too cold! One barrel to pitching temps in about 10 minutes gravity fed.

 

[BigJay13]

I built a 25' IC a while ago but I just turned that into a CFC. Still waiting to use it on beer. Cleaning the inside of the pipe was a pain but it cooled about 5 gallons of water to pitching temps on a test run in a flash.

 

[Brewsmith]

Immersion Whirlpool Chiller. I return pumped wort to the top of the kettle and it recirculates while the immersion chiller is running. All of the hop material and trub settles in the middle at the bottom and the wort that gets pumped into the fermenter is virtually trub free.