Been brewing for a few years and I always wash my bottles in the dishwasher with normal dishwasher pods. Is this a problem? I’ve yet to have an issue or notice a problem with any of the beers I’ve made. Using starsan on each bottle in the sink takes forever
Been brewing for several years and finally got the opportunity to use a copper coil immersion chiller attached to a garden hose to bring my wart down from boiling to a safe temp to pitch yeast. Typically I just fill my sink full of ice water and throw the kettle in there.
I was incredibly disappointed. I guess I expected it to cool down to <80f in a few minutes but it still took close to an hour with the hose running at 50%. Am I doing something wrong? This feels like a big waste of water for little if any time save. I guess the water is cheaper than the large bag of ice I usually buy but still