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09-20-2007, 05:56 PM
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Good enought to cool 10 gallons?
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I am not a the 10 gal batch mark yet.. but like to prepare for the future...
will this work for ten gallons?
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=10809
I am going to have a 25ft prechiller also.. so I should be ok, right?
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09-20-2007, 06:04 PM
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FWIW, I'm still using an immersion chiller to cool 10 gallon batches, and it still takes me almost 60 minutes to cool my wort. I'm saving up to build a CFC chiller in order to reduce my wort cooling time to 15-25 minutes.
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09-20-2007, 06:07 PM
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with a cfc, does one pass take care of the cooling, or do you recirculate? Same with a shirron.. I am looking at one of the three.. (IC 40', CFC, or Shiron)
gravity feed only..
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09-20-2007, 06:14 PM
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$75 for a 40 foot Immersion Chiller?
$85 for a CFC??!!!!
Jeez. I paid
$5 for a 20' garden hose in the spring (similar prices should be available now that the garden season is winding down).
$25 for 20 feet of copper tubing
$6 for a copper pipe and a couple of T-fittings
$6 for no-weld copper adhesive
$2 a couple of washer hose clamps (worm-drive clamps, whatever you call 'em)
$1.50 for a new hacksaw blade
Total time to make it: 3 hours
Cost: about $45
Time to cool and transfer 5 gallons: about 7 minutes
Advantage over IC's: you aren't transferring cooled infection-prone wort from kettle to carboy. It cools inside the tube so it isn't subjected to any bacteria until it's already in the carboy.
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09-20-2007, 06:18 PM
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ok.. so do you just restrict the flow of the wort so it cools better? Is it just one pass?
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09-20-2007, 06:57 PM
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It's one pass, and I use my CFC for 5 and 10 gallon batches. It takes probably 15-20 minutes to gravity feed it all the way through, but sure beats an hour with an immersion chiller.
Unless you live in AZ/TX type area where even your hose water comes out at 90 degrees, you should be fine with a single pass no pre-chiller.
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09-20-2007, 07:03 PM
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same with a shirron?
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09-21-2007, 05:00 PM
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I have a 20' IC and id chills 10 gallons in 30 minutes.
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09-21-2007, 05:21 PM
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All this talk is worthless without consideration of the tap temp. Yes, 50' is better than 25' but if you're tap temp is higher than 70F you'll be pissing up a rope without a prechiller or icewater recirculator.
In the winter when my tap is 55F, I used to cool 6 gallons to 65F in 10 minutes with an IC. Same chiller on 11 gallons with 75F tap took 40 minutes to hit 80F.
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09-21-2007, 05:28 PM
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How about EdWort's ice recirc?
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