I built a wort chiller on Friday the 9th of September. The price of copper made the cost of the wort chiller much higher than I anticipated but it was still an enjoyable build. All said it was $75 for the wort chiller. I used 50 ft of 3/8 inch copper and wrapped one of my cornelius kegs to achieve the loops. The wort chiller is set up to attach to the outdoor faucet. I still plan on using an ice bath in combination with the wort chiller in the winter when snow is available. My last beer took almost 1 1/2 hours to cool to under 70 degrees. With the low groundwater temps we have in Alaska hopefully I can get my wort down to that range in 15 minutes with the new wort chiller.
Also we filled up 2 kegs (10 gallons) of artisan water from the Lowell Point spring. We did this September 3rd. Instead of cooling the kegs for carbonation I shook them for almost 5 minutes. This seemed to help out quite a bit.
I also put the black lager into its secondary fermenter. The garage has been hovering around 60 degrees and fermentation has been active.
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