Cooling soda brew

[bugdry]

When making ginger beer i waste a lot of time waiting for the brew to cool from boiling down to 70deg.

Can i use a wort chiller like the alcoholic beer guys do? Also can i put the pot in a walk-in freezer? Basically can you cool the brew too fast?

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

I haven't done soda but I don't see why you couldn't use an immersion wort chiller. Put it in during boil to sanitize(last 10-15 min) and then use it to chill on down.

 

[bugdry]

I keep see that its recommended to put it in 10-15min during the boil to sanitize. Wouldn't this affect the wort? Shouldn't it be sanitized first?

 

[bleme]

The boil sanitizes it.

My ginger soda is never boiled, so that wouldn't work for me though.
Chilling quickly, however you do it, won't harm it at all.