As someone who lives in a hot climate where droughts occur regularly and where the groundwater is 80+ degrees in the summer, I’ve been doing mostly no-chill brewing (letting the hot wort passively cool in an HDPE cube overnight then pitching the next day) to reduce my brewing water usage.
I’ve been really happy with the results, and I’m finally beginning to nail hoppy styles. Anyone else have no-chill experience who’d like to compare notes?
I’ve done it lazily a couple times. It wors out really well. Just set the kettle in the garage with a lid on it overnight.
Use a hop sock or something so your hops aren’t in there the whole time. You will still get extra hop action, but it won’t be as severe.
Also, put the lid on about 5 minutes before your boil is done to steam sanitize the underside.