Pratzie

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Is there any benefit of one over the other with regards to the effectiveness of the chilling?

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Bottled: Caramel Apple Hard Cider, Bavarian Hefeweizen, Belgian Dubbel
Kegged:
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Aging/Conditioning:
Bottle Priming:
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Begin2Brew

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Copper has better heat transfer than stainless steel.

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Bill

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Paul07293

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Lots of threads on this topic. Copper has a better heat transfer but for our purposes they both work well.

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Nagorg

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Yes, copper should technically be better at cooling the wort more effeciently. I doubt there would be any noticable differences in cooling times though.

huhwha

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My 25' SS chiller got my wort to 68 in 13 minutes in the last batch. Granted the tower water is getting chilly this time of year, but not bad! In summer I have to run it through a per-chiller.