I have been brewing for some time now and I still can't figure out a good way of cooling down the wort to around at least under 90F to stick my hydrometer in to get a pre-boil gravity reading.
This is what I do, I take my first runnings and then put them in the boiler and start heating. Then I add my second, and sometimes third runnings, into the boiler and stir the hell out of it for around 1 minutes. Then I take a cup of wort out and try to put it in the freezer to cool it down but that takes forever. By the time it cools to around 100F I'm almost mid boil.
My question is how to get a pre-boil gravity reading using my hydrometer quickly!!!
This is what I do, I take my first runnings and then put them in the boiler and start heating. Then I add my second, and sometimes third runnings, into the boiler and stir the hell out of it for around 1 minutes. Then I take a cup of wort out and try to put it in the freezer to cool it down but that takes forever. By the time it cools to around 100F I'm almost mid boil.
My question is how to get a pre-boil gravity reading using my hydrometer quickly!!!