Hi.
I did a quick search and couldn't find an answer to my question.
I have a 20-gallon Blichmann kettle and a 50ft. copper immersion chiller that I ordered from Northern Brewer (pics attached) and I noticed that the threaded fittings come close to extending over the edge of the brew kettle, but not quite (and especially not if I move the IC around the wort to expedite the cooling).
I haven't used it yet, but it seems to me that a few drops of garden hose water could end up in wort post-boil and that obviously wouldn't be a good thing as I'm sure the inside of a garden hose has all kinds of nasties in it.
How do you solve this problem? If connected nice and tight is there no chance of losing a drip into the wort?
It just seems a better design would be to extend the ends out a foot or two.
Thanks.
I did a quick search and couldn't find an answer to my question.
I have a 20-gallon Blichmann kettle and a 50ft. copper immersion chiller that I ordered from Northern Brewer (pics attached) and I noticed that the threaded fittings come close to extending over the edge of the brew kettle, but not quite (and especially not if I move the IC around the wort to expedite the cooling).
I haven't used it yet, but it seems to me that a few drops of garden hose water could end up in wort post-boil and that obviously wouldn't be a good thing as I'm sure the inside of a garden hose has all kinds of nasties in it.
How do you solve this problem? If connected nice and tight is there no chance of losing a drip into the wort?
It just seems a better design would be to extend the ends out a foot or two.
Thanks.