No Chill Hopping

[jasonharley]

Has anyone tried placing their cube (after hot racking with aroma hops from the kettle) into their swimming pool, half submerged? Surely this can get the temp down quickly to below 70 deg within say 20 mins ?

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[MarkBastard]

Has anyone tried placing their cube (after hot racking with aroma hops from the kettle) into their swimming pool, half submerged? Surely this can get the temp down quickly to below 70 deg within say 20 mins ?

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Yes it's been done before, best placed near a filter outlet so that the water is moving.

 

[RdeVjun]

Has anyone tried placing their cube (after hot racking with aroma hops from the kettle) into their swimming pool, half submerged? Surely this can get the temp down quickly to below 70 deg within say 20 mins ?

Yes, aka "slow chill", some AHBers have tried it. I myself would be after the pasteurising effects of no chill, but I can see why it would be attractive.

 

[jasonharley]

Yes it's been done before, best placed near a filter outlet so that the water is moving.

Did you get the temp down below 80 deg fairly quickly by doing that?



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[MarkBastard]

Did you get the temp down below 80 deg fairly quickly by doing that?



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I've never done it.

Have heard you can get the whole brew down to pitching temps quite quickly (within an hour).

 

[felten]

I did some measure on the last few brews and my wort is at/below 80c by the time I've transferred it into the cube.

15 min convection rest after flameout, 88c in the kettle -> 30min whirlpool rest, 80c in kettle -> transfer into cube and it's below that by a few.