anthrobe
Well-Known Member
Well I have decided now that I can't live without a wort chiller for my partial mash brewing. I was planning on making a immersion chiller but the problem is that I live in Phoenix and the tap water is at 76 degrees (tested last night). From what I have read is that it will only cool the wort down to 86 degrees. So I was thinking that I might try another invention that I was thinking of. I want to install a weldless quarter turn valve on my wort pot and then gravity feed the wort down a 3/8 in copper tube coiled in another bucket that is filled with Ice and water. The outlet will then go to my glass primary carboy. Any opinions on if this will get the wort to 80 degrees by the time it makes it to the carboy? Also if I decided to go with a counterflow wort chiller, would it be able to cool the wort with my water temp problem?