How Long In No-chilling Cube?

[Fingerlickin_B]

Well, a few people have made mention of marathon storage periods in the no-chill cube/jerry, but thought Id start a poll to see just how long the longest have been for different folks on here

Do your bitGet Up & Vote :super:

PZ.

*EDIT* - I just voted 3 weeks and it's still in the jerry, so no idea if it'll be ok

 

[Duff]

I've got one there at the moment, Oz Pale Ale, which has been in the cube for around 6 months. Still in good shape (container that is), might get around to fermenting it one day :chug:

If your sanitation is fine, then the cube and contents will be fine IMO.

Cheers.

 

[warrenlw63]

One week (refrigerated) has been my longest. Still a newb to no chill though. (only 5 x 42 litre batches).

Hmmmm... Where for art thou Darren? :lol:

Warren -

 

[KoNG]

my longest has been a month or so....
no probs with the brew, but i think we need duff to ferment his for science.

 

[bugwan]

My first no-chill (a variation on Warren's 'Back on your bike bitter' - thanks by the way!!) has been sitting for a few days, waiting for this weather to pass before pitching.

Which reminds me, I'd better get that starter.....started.

 

[bindi]

72 hours <_< I must have done more the 20 NC with most pitched within 48 hrs, so have not tested the limit of the no chill, only my own impatience.

 

[Finite]

1 Week for me. I normaly pitch the next day but sometimes have to wait if I have alot of brews going for a fermenter to free up.

 

[deebee]

Need another category in this poll: less than one week.

I'm like Bindi. Never waited more than a couple of days.

 

[MVZOOM]

#1 AG in NC for 4 months, #2 AG (kegged last night) for about 8 weeks. Reckon they get better over time?

Cheers - Mike

 

[Pumpy]

I mash 40 litre batches split them in 20 litre cubes
I ferment 20 litres of each and keg
I have two cubes for fermenting before the others run out as I only have two kegs the whole process works like a cheap watch .

the cubes will last for months

If you get enough cubes you can hug them !!!

It is not Rocket science all we are doing is making 'Fresh wort kits'

Its not a Hill
Get a Thrill
Break that will
Do a NO CHILL
Its really Brill'
It dont cost a Mill'
If your Wasting water your a Pill
Steady Take a NO Chill
Nice will a breakfast Grill .

Pumpy

 

[jimmyjack]

Pumpy, man I laughed so hard I nearly popped a poopoo valve!! :lol: Your quite the poet mate.

Cheers, JJ

 

[PostModern]

Its not a Hill
Get a Thrill
Break that will
Do a NO CHILL
Its really Brill'
It dont cost a Mill'
If your Wasting water your a Pill
Steady Take a NO Chill
Nice will a breakfast Grill .

Dude, don't quit your day job.

 

[Darren]

I thought there should be a "don't use no-chill" method unless you dont have a chiller category on the poll

I wonder how you water saving no-chillers clean your mash tun, boiler, chill cube?

I chill in twenty minutes and use the chill water to clean all my brew gears, including the dirty kegs.

I still dont see the advantage of it unless you dont have a chiller h34r:

cheers

Darren

 

[Batz]

I pitch the next day

Around 12 hours for 23lt batches,takes 24hours to cool a double.

Batz

 

[Darren]

I agree, two days at the most. Some peoples **** never stinks

cheers

Darren

 

[Finite]

I thought there should be a "don't use no-chill" method unless you dont have a chiller category on the poll

I wonder how you water saving no-chillers clean your mash tun, boiler, chill cube?

I chill in twenty minutes and use the chill water to clean all my brew gears, including the dirty kegs.

I still dont see the advantage of it unless you dont have a chiller h34r:

cheers

Darren

For me:



* You can brew even If you dont have a fermenter spare.

* You can brew an AG beer for a friend who wants to try HBing and they dont have to have a ****** can kit.

* Good when brewing at night and just want to finish and go to bed. Pitching the next day is nice.

* Can save up some wort for a rainy day when you are to busy to brew...AG fresh wort ready to be pitched.

* Drops out extra trub overnight/over time while it sits.

 

[tangent]

yeah, about 8-12 hours is my maximum

 

[MVZOOM]

I thought there should be a "don't use no-chill" method unless you dont have a chiller category on the poll

I wonder how you water saving no-chillers clean your mash tun, boiler, chill cube?

I chill in twenty minutes and use the chill water to clean all my brew gears, including the dirty kegs.

I still dont see the advantage of it unless you dont have a chiller h34r:

cheers

Darren

To be fair, you're using the water because it's running out of the chiller. I'm probably with most Sydney'ites in the fact that I clean with the ABSOLUTE minimum water wastage possible - using the water twice still has a 20m tap running for 10m, which is far, far and away more water than most would use.

Plus the advantages listed... um yeah, it's pretty compelling.

Cheers - Mike

 

[Darren]

To be fair, you're using the water because it's running out of the chiller. I'm probably with most Sydney'ites in the fact that I clean with the ABSOLUTE minimum water wastage possible - using the water twice still has a 20m tap running for 10m, which is far, far and away more water than most would use.

Plus the advantages listed... um yeah, it's pretty compelling.

Cheers - Mike

Mike,

Good points. I find if I adjust my counterflow chiller water intake to just a trickle it works just as well as flat out. If the outflow from your hose is cold it is going to fast. Furthermore, if you plan your brewday around cleaning all of your equipment there is very little wastage of water (kegs, fermenters, buckets, screens, paddles). Mine always gets a third use and that is on the garden.

As for water restrictions the major uses of water is industry. You can bet your balls they have not slowed. (Dont the mega breweries use 8 litres of water/litre of beer produced? How many litres of water is that?)

Everytime you or your misses flushes the toilet quite a bit goes down then too. If are really worried about saving water you could always shower in the warm run-off :huh:

There are endless uses for the cooling water. My observations are that most households use more water in one morning than I use for three 60 litre batches of beer. Maybe yours is different?

cheers

Darren

 

[tangent]

i gotta agree
people are feeling guilty about watering the pot plants with 8L of water and then having 15minute showers or watering a stupid front lawn that never gets used because there's no privacy out the front.

i use an immersion chiller (no way near as effective as CF) and run 40L of tap water through it into old fermenters, then these get run off onto the vege garden over a few days. That gets me cool enough to transfer but not cool enough to pitch. So the fermenter sits for a few hours in a water bath until I can get it down low enough.

45L of water that gets reused isn't a big hassle compared with my idiot mate who just bought a pool.