freeflydude
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I use an IC 20' 3/8" copper with the brew kettle in an ice bath (50 lbs of ice in plastic tub with about 3 gallons of water) and recirculate the cold water through the IC with an old 12v water pump from my trailer. Gets 6 gallons of boiling wort down to 70's in about 20 minutes. A 50' coil would be even faster but not in the budget right now. It saves a lot of water too since I'm recirculating the chilled water. for full boils or larger batches definitely need some sort of cooling system. I am going to get a better system that won't require so much ice but for now it works great.