Homebrew:wort-chilling question

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If you’re brewing in a small apartment (I know the feeling) it’s absolutely worth it to spend a couple bucks at Home Depot for 30 feet of copper. Follow the advice given above, then do what I do to keep it simple. I put the wort halfway between the sink and the floor, on a stool, and use gravity to siphon water from an ice bath I’ve made in the sink through the tubing to a ('nother Home Depot) five gallon bucket on the floor. Usually takes me a bucket and a quarter and one seven pound bag of ice.

P.S. I do three gallon worts, so for good measure I chill the two gallons of RO water in the fridge overnight before adding it to my cooled wort.

P.P.S. I’m moving to New Zealand from the states, so I’ll give away some brewing/kegging stuff by mail pretty cheap if anyone’s interested.

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I’ll chime in with the 2 bags of ice method again. Twenty minutes (with a room temp of about 70) and you’re done. My friend and I brew maybe 5-6 times a year, so this works well. If you intend on doing more than that, the cost of the ice may add up (unless you plan in advance and use your freezer’s ice machine.)