FlyGuy said:Is that an immersion chiller I saw in the second photo, or was it a pre-chiller? If it was an immersion chiller, I would be interested to hear how it performs cooling a 10 gallon batch of wort.
Hope all goes well! Wish I were brewing today....
Chimone said:piece of cake. the only downside is trying to lift your sparge water by yourself. Having someone else around is a huge plus
good luck!!
BierMuncher said:I used a big sauce pot to ladle the sparge water into the MLT. Not perfect, but the three tier is going to take a lot of convincing with my SWMBO. Specially since she just let me get my chest freezer.
Actually did pretty good. Got from 197 down to 74 in about 35-40 minutes. Not a crash chill, but useable.FlyGuy said:Awesome man!
So how did the immersion chiller perform? Mine is 25' of 3/8 copper and I don't think it would handle 10 gallons. How did your IC perform?
The banjo worked great. Thanks for the lead EdWort.EdWort said:Looks like a great day. How did the Power of the Banjo do for you?
BierMuncher said:Actually did pretty good. Got from 197 down to 74 in about 35-40 minutes. Not a crash chill, but useable.
Plus it gave me time to go take a power nap while it chilled.....
Nope. That's it exactly. Got it from Lowes....FlyGuy said:Ok, thanks. Glad to hear it worked so well. How big is your chiller? Is it bigger than 25' of 3/8 copper?
Yep. Funny thing is, as I was looking over my equipment, it occurred to me that I could do a five gallon batch at the same time. I have the second tank, pot, burner, cooler and plenty or primary capacity. I'd have to make another manifold, cuz I just transferred my old one to the 10-gallon MT...Dude said:Looks great! Just something about 10 gallon batches that makes me feel powerful too!
Wasn't a prblem at all. The Preboil volume was about 11.5-12 gallons. I had one slight boil over but that was my own stupidity of dropping in the hops and then running inside to dick around with something. Like I said, just a slight boil over and no volume lost.Jester369 said:how close was it doing a 10 gallon AG in a 15 gallon keggle? I want to buy a pot big enough to do 10 gal batches, but the norm seems to be collecting around 7 gallons pre-boil for 5 gallon batches. What is the preboil on a 10 gallon?
thx!
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