wbosher
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Hi guys
I have done a lot of reading on this site re the chill/no chill debate, and obviously there are some differing opinions and some quite fiery debates (putting it mildly )
I like chilling as it just seems easier to me than mucking around changing hop additions, and messing around with mini boils/hop tea/dry hopping etc, just my personal opinion - enter fiery discussion as to why this is or isn't necessary...
I remember reading a post somewhere by Big Nath I think, where he explained how he used to just throw the hot cube into the kiddy pool and had no problems with this method. Someone told him about the infection risk and he no longer does this, just let's it cool naturally, no chill.
I would like to sort of combine the two methods. I'm sorry if this has already been dealt with before, but after reading about 50 pages of no chill arguments my brain is about to melt, and I never got an answer to my question amongst all that.
So, the question...how long would I need to leave the hot wort in a cube to kill all the nasties before cooling in a pool/ice bath? I'm thinking that 20 minutes should probably be enough. If this is the case, then this shouldn't affect the hops/bitterness any more than the chilling method, as most people seem to leave it in the kettle for about this long anyway after flame out before chilling. The reason I want to try it this way is I would like to be able to store the cube for a couple of days if necessary, rather than cool and pitch straight away. I personally can't see any issues with doing this, but I still lack any real experience and would like some advice from someone who does.
As I said, I apologise if this has already been addressed in a no chill thread somewhere, but those things are starting to do my head in. A lot of really good information and discussion, but most of them seem to deteriorate into a bitch fight and I really can't be bothered with that.
Cheers.
I have done a lot of reading on this site re the chill/no chill debate, and obviously there are some differing opinions and some quite fiery debates (putting it mildly )
I like chilling as it just seems easier to me than mucking around changing hop additions, and messing around with mini boils/hop tea/dry hopping etc, just my personal opinion - enter fiery discussion as to why this is or isn't necessary...
I remember reading a post somewhere by Big Nath I think, where he explained how he used to just throw the hot cube into the kiddy pool and had no problems with this method. Someone told him about the infection risk and he no longer does this, just let's it cool naturally, no chill.
I would like to sort of combine the two methods. I'm sorry if this has already been dealt with before, but after reading about 50 pages of no chill arguments my brain is about to melt, and I never got an answer to my question amongst all that.
So, the question...how long would I need to leave the hot wort in a cube to kill all the nasties before cooling in a pool/ice bath? I'm thinking that 20 minutes should probably be enough. If this is the case, then this shouldn't affect the hops/bitterness any more than the chilling method, as most people seem to leave it in the kettle for about this long anyway after flame out before chilling. The reason I want to try it this way is I would like to be able to store the cube for a couple of days if necessary, rather than cool and pitch straight away. I personally can't see any issues with doing this, but I still lack any real experience and would like some advice from someone who does.
As I said, I apologise if this has already been addressed in a no chill thread somewhere, but those things are starting to do my head in. A lot of really good information and discussion, but most of them seem to deteriorate into a bitch fight and I really can't be bothered with that.
Cheers.