Is there a way to brew a 5 gallon All G batch without doing a full boil? I have a 5g kettle, and a keggle but no way to chill the wort in a keggle yet. Still adding cold water jugs from the store or ice bath with the kettle.
These days, it's pretty difficult to buy the parts for an immersion chiller for much less than they cost pre-built. I was going to build one, but after I realized I was just going to break even (at best), I bought one pre-built. Copper is just too expensive.
Not really. I found 50 feet of copper at my local plumbing dedicated shop for $50. I used 25 feet for a counterflow, and the leftover 25 feet for a prechiller. The other supplies costed me no more than $20. A counterflow and a prechiller for $70 is much less than paying $80 for just a counterflow from the LHBS.
You gotta shop around town for the cheapest prices, and if you really can't find any, just try ebay!
Soft Copper Tubing 3/8" x 25' Tube de cobre ouen cuivre | eBay
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