I've just gotten into BIAB and wondering about the 'chill vs no chill' options.
I really enjoy the late hopped beers I've had like the Vale IPA and the BrewBoys Galactic Ale, and wasn't sure if brewing stuff like this, and allowing the pot to cool on it's own to pitching temp would effect the aroma/flavour of late hops.
Could you use a length of silicon(or similar) hose as an immersion chiller?
I could hook it up to my rainwater tank, sterilise the outside of the hose, say 1 metre length, and pump rainwater through it and back to the tank.
Crazy? Been done and failed?
I really enjoy the late hopped beers I've had like the Vale IPA and the BrewBoys Galactic Ale, and wasn't sure if brewing stuff like this, and allowing the pot to cool on it's own to pitching temp would effect the aroma/flavour of late hops.
Could you use a length of silicon(or similar) hose as an immersion chiller?
I could hook it up to my rainwater tank, sterilise the outside of the hose, say 1 metre length, and pump rainwater through it and back to the tank.
Crazy? Been done and failed?