On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 12:17:34PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > risken for infektion er meget mindre med dyppekøler end en time i en spand
Actually, the way I cool down I can do my 19 liter pot in about 20 minutes, and keep the lid on all the time, so no airborne bugs can attack it while cooling. I have a large bucket (designed to be a waste bin, but never used for such), about 100 liters. I add a number of stones in the bottom, depending on the size of the pot I wish to cool. Then I fill it with cold water, and place my pot in it. If that was all I was doing, it would take an hour or two to cool the wort, mostly because there would be a layer of hot water surrounding the pot, and lots of cold water in the bottom of the bucket. So, I leave the water hose in the bucket, and place it so that prays a small amount of water next to the pot, in a way that produces a continuous flow around the pot. Since the walls of teh bucket are somewhat uneven, I must get a little bit of turbulence in the flow, which helps to mix the water. This way the pot stays in touch with relatively cool water. Another finesse I do is to give the wort a good twirl in the last minute of boiling. This vortex can continue a surprisingly long time in the pot, gently centrifuging the solids into the middle, and probably helping to distribute the temperature in it. All in all, it takes something like 20 minutes to cool the wort, and all the work involved is to carry the pot into the bucket (which I keep in the bathroom) and to carry it back. I am quite satisfied with this system, and have no plans to buy more cooling machinery in the foreseeable future. If anything, another pot, so I can boil and cool at the same time... -H -- Heikki Levanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In Murphy We Turst"
