pieters
New Member
All,
Looking at Shirron and Therminator wort chillers. I believe I understand the cold water side (need to get male to female adapter), but I don't understand the wort side.
1. What hose(s) do I need to get, assuming gravity setup?
2. How the heck does the gravity setup work? Do you put one pot on the counter and one on the floor, and siphon the wort through the chiller?
3. How hot is the outflow from the cold water side? I need to conserve water up here in the Colorado mountains, so I'm thinking of directing it to the little flowerbed we occasionally water, at the end of a 50' hose.
4. The Therminator is more than twice as expensive as the Shirron. Is it correspondingly better?
Environment: very cold inflow water, from deep well; 5 gallon batches, but I'm cooling only 3 gallons at a time (all I can lift); current efforts to cool the wort efficiently haven't panned out.
Any info greatly appreciated.
Pieter
Looking at Shirron and Therminator wort chillers. I believe I understand the cold water side (need to get male to female adapter), but I don't understand the wort side.
1. What hose(s) do I need to get, assuming gravity setup?
2. How the heck does the gravity setup work? Do you put one pot on the counter and one on the floor, and siphon the wort through the chiller?
3. How hot is the outflow from the cold water side? I need to conserve water up here in the Colorado mountains, so I'm thinking of directing it to the little flowerbed we occasionally water, at the end of a 50' hose.
4. The Therminator is more than twice as expensive as the Shirron. Is it correspondingly better?
Environment: very cold inflow water, from deep well; 5 gallon batches, but I'm cooling only 3 gallons at a time (all I can lift); current efforts to cool the wort efficiently haven't panned out.
Any info greatly appreciated.
Pieter