Thanks for posting up John. I'm sure everyone here appreciates it. I appreciate your push to innovate and have almost all of your products in my arsenal.
I'm concerned about not being able to cool the wort as rapidly as possible with a plate chiller as you will have to whirlpool for 15-20 minutes before starting to pump the wort through my chiller and back into the kettle. I currently employ a Brutus 10 like frame with two March pumps and I do not use an IC. To retain as much hop aroma as possible, you want to cool the wort ASAP. Also, should you want to employ a hopback, you are still having to wait before you can start pumping through a plate chiller? I use a Therminator and I have found it's preferable not to allow any hop trub into the unit as it takes forever to get it all out, no matter how much I recirculate PBW through it. Perhaps I'm fanatical about hop matter in my beer but I suspect no more than the next guy.
Not criticizing, just bringing up an initial concern. I'm sure you have addressed this in your testing. Perhaps I'm mistaken in the 15-20 minute whirlpool limitation.
I'm concerned about not being able to cool the wort as rapidly as possible with a plate chiller as you will have to whirlpool for 15-20 minutes before starting to pump the wort through my chiller and back into the kettle. I currently employ a Brutus 10 like frame with two March pumps and I do not use an IC. To retain as much hop aroma as possible, you want to cool the wort ASAP. Also, should you want to employ a hopback, you are still having to wait before you can start pumping through a plate chiller? I use a Therminator and I have found it's preferable not to allow any hop trub into the unit as it takes forever to get it all out, no matter how much I recirculate PBW through it. Perhaps I'm fanatical about hop matter in my beer but I suspect no more than the next guy.
Not criticizing, just bringing up an initial concern. I'm sure you have addressed this in your testing. Perhaps I'm mistaken in the 15-20 minute whirlpool limitation.