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Hi, I'm Mark Emiley on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment we're going to Wort and get
it ready to put our yeast into. To do this, we're first going to take our wort and put
it into our sink. Next, we're going to take our drain plug, put it in there and start
flowing cold water. In the chilling process we're trying to drop the temperature of the
wort as fast as we can to encourage something called cold break which will precipitate proteins
and also get the wort to a temperature in which we can mix in our yeast as quickly as
we can so the yeast has the best chance of establishing itself as the dominant microbe
in the wort. While I'm doing this, I'm stirring the water around the pot in order to break
up the boundary layer that's forming of hot water. Also you can also kind of give the
pot a little stir and that gives the boundary layer on the insides. So this will encourage
cooler slower or faster cooling. While you're waiting for your wort to chill, you may want
to get a head start on the next step which is yeast preparation. While we're waiting
for it to cool, we're going to start filling our bucket up with some nice cold water. Now
with these buckets, this typically represents a half way mark or I'm sorry, the five gallon
mark. So we're going to start filling it to roughly 2 and a half gallons. And then we're
going to top off with the wort and then what ever else we need to get just to above 5 and
a half gallons. So grab your water and start pouring, filling it up. You're going to want
to fill your air lock half up with sanitizing solution or water. This is going to help prevent
any microbes or air from getting in and also allow the carbon dioxide to escape. The hot
kettle will heat up your water pretty quickly, so once it's gotten to a pretty warm temperature,
you're going to want to drain it and we're going to fill it up and add some ice next
time. Now that we've filled up the sink again with a nice cold batch of water, we're going
to make it even colder by adding a whole bunch of ice from our refrigerator. Then we're going
to continue to swirl the water around it so it gets nice and cold and breaks up the hot
boundary layer. After a half an hour or so you should be able to take out your pot, hold
your hand here, and if it doesn't feel hot at all, you're in good shape. If it still
is pretty hot, you're probably going want to let it sit in some cold water for a little
while longer.