Comments on: Chillin’ it, yo? http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/ Les Garagistes is a shadowy cabal of friends who make wine together in an undisclosed location in SE Portland. Their blog is a concise catalog of blinding truths and outright fictions (not necessarily in that order), but it's worth a read anyway. Their wine is not for sale. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: magrath http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-42 magrath Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:52:01 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/#comment-42 sort of the same as Jame's idea. encircle the tanks, outside, with copper tubing hooked up to a fawcet. run cold water through it constantly, screw the drought. Its a la nina year. Next year, set up the closed system pump he suggested. 30 bucks at home depot for the pump. another 20 for the copper tubing. get the kind that's already coiled. sort of the same as Jame’s idea. encircle the tanks, outside, with copper tubing hooked up to a fawcet. run cold water through it constantly, screw the drought. Its a la nina year.

Next year, set up the closed system pump he suggested. 30 bucks at home depot for the pump. another 20 for the copper tubing. get the kind that’s already coiled.

]]> By: Corranc http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Corranc Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:16:19 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/#comment-38 They all thought me mad, but... How about a metal bucket, tall enough to have the lip several inches above the grapes. (Maybe grout the interior seams for safety.) Now put dry ice in the bucket -- the bucket gets cold and the metal transfers the cold to the grapes. As a bonus, the dry ice puts off a layer of C02 which protects the grape goo from the air. (drawbacks: dealing with dry ice, metal gets too cold and we frost our grapes (?), leaky bucket) They all thought me mad, but…
How about a metal bucket, tall enough to have the lip several inches above the grapes. (Maybe grout the interior seams for safety.) Now put dry ice in the bucket — the bucket gets cold and the metal transfers the cold to the grapes. As a bonus, the dry ice puts off a layer of C02 which protects the grape goo from the air. (drawbacks: dealing with dry ice, metal gets too cold and we frost our grapes (?), leaky bucket)

]]> By: JMCQ http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-37 JMCQ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:30:47 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2007/09/26/chillin%e2%80%99-it-yo/#comment-37 The easiest solution would be a heat exchanger -- some highly heat-conductive coil (my guess is that copper would be safe and, if so, ideal, but I really don't know) in the fermenter. You could run it from the tap (advantages: ease of setup, constant cool temp; drawback: water bill) or in a closed line pumped through a fermenter filled with ice water (advantages: low temp, low water consumption; drawbacks: need to refresh ice, need to get a pump). The easiest solution would be a heat exchanger — some highly heat-conductive coil (my guess is that copper would be safe and, if so, ideal, but I really don’t know) in the fermenter. You could run it from the tap (advantages: ease of setup, constant cool temp; drawback: water bill) or in a closed line pumped through a fermenter filled with ice water (advantages: low temp, low water consumption; drawbacks: need to refresh ice, need to get a pump).

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