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One day I'll invest in equipment such as that, but for now my "kettle" has no tap, it's nothing more than a really large pot. To drain, I either need a siphon or to grab it by the handles and pour! I'd never heard of a plate chiller, looks great! I've never really liked the idea of using a...

The most likely place the infection came from was the yeast starter, I think. I was expecting the ice bath to cool the cube much quicker than it actually did, and I created the yeast starter far too early. It ended up sitting around for about an hour before I added it! Plus, I had covered it...

Thanks for that, I was thinking of boiling around 18L and then bringing it up to about 23 with the ice blocks.

I've very recently tried my first AG and tried the cube method in an ice bath to chill, but I must have introduced an infection somewhere along the way, and pretty much need to dump this brew and try again. But it got me thinking about chilling techniques, and I would like to ask for any (and...