Pipelovejoy,
Thank you for the correction. I got it turned around when typing quickly. I do know that water actually expands as it freezes. That's why you empty some water from a water bottle before freezing it! Either way, my point is to control volume and not let it get away from you by...
I just followed a similar process after receiving some advice from the guy at my local home brew store. I made 3.5 gallons of wort. Before putting it in my primary I added some purchased ice to the bucket so the wort would begin cooling instantly (not a lot, maybe up to the 1/2 gallon mark). In...