yeah - I've been doing this method for a couple years now - sold my Therminator once I was comfortable with it.I can generally hit mid40s by using a sump pump and recircing the ground water through ice once I hit about 90df.great little trick, eh?
Quote from: blatz on June 08, 2012, 01:20:42 PMyeah - I've been doing this method for a couple years now - sold my Therminator once I was comfortable with it.I can generally hit mid40s by using a sump pump and recircing the ground water through ice once I hit about 90df.great little trick, eh?Yes, it sure is. Good to see you back.
Quote from: blatz on June 08, 2012, 01:20:42 PMI can generally hit mid40s by using a sump pump and recircing the ground water through ice once I hit about 90df.great little trick, eh?Yes, it sure is. Good to see you back.
I can generally hit mid40s by using a sump pump and recircing the ground water through ice once I hit about 90df.great little trick, eh?
How do you recirculate your boil kettle?I bought a 120 ft garden hose for brewing this year. My plan is to try coiling 50ft of it in a baby pool filled with ice water just ahead of my chiller.
Hope it works for you. I've heard from others who have tried that that there's no enough heat excahnge from the hose.
At around 110 dF, I fill my Igloo round mash tun with ice, put a Harbor Freight sump pump in there, and create a loop to the IM. Generally I stir while cooling, but have hooked up a March pump to recirculate the wort into a whirlpool.