Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:41 pm
I read Palmer and as much as I could on various forums before I started brewing, and decided that full boils were the way to go. I found an inexpensive 30 qt. brewpot, so that was OK. The big problem with the full boil was the chilling, which involved the brewpot and chunks of ice floating in the bathtub like some Titanic scenario. I then got a wort chiller for Christmas, and that put an end to my problems. I can take the full 5 gal. under 80F in around 20 minutes without any other help. Of course, we are fortunate to be on a well, and the 55F water helps the process considerably.
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