rohanbutler wrote:Yeah i have adlib access to liquid nitrogen at work, and I've wondered if a liquid nitorgen bath (instead of the ice bath) would be the best way to chill my wort?
I don't think the missus would appreciate me bringing home a tank full and putting it in the laundry sink, then cold burning my hands stuffing around with it.
I'd be very careful about what the wort is in when you put it in the liquid N2 bath. Cracked many a piece of lab quality glassware during my PhD days not taking notice of things. A fermenter would crack, metal would be bloody hard to hang on to.
If you want to ice + salt should get you a few extra degC.
In all fairness tho, a chiller isnt that expensive and makes my life so simple.