I know in so many ways this has been beaten to death but I did search and haven't found something specific to this.
I am moving to whole leaf brewing, in stages. I am planning on inserting a whole leaf hopback after the pump, on to a chiller. I don't have the ability to gravity feed the HB and then the Chugger - I'm certain it would just cavitate badly.
I don't want to recirc wort through, for a few reasons. I would like to get from near boiling to 62F in one pass. How long that takes, within reason, is less a concern. However, the whole point for me of using the hopback is to chill down quickly to preserve aromatics. So "within reason" says, hopefully, say, 10-15 minutes?
I have never been a fan of the fact that homebrew level PC's are not gasketed and cannot be broken down. However, I know a ton of you love them. I know the Blich is possibly overpriced for its chilling ability. Duda is a possibility. Are there other good companies doing PCs?
Finally, the CFC. I don't know the chilling power of the CFC relative to the PC's. Same desire, a quick chill post HB. Here, of course, less concerned with clogging and I would likely recirc through for sanitizing.
Anyway, BK-pump-hopback (pressure capable)-chiller-FV. Many thanks.
I am moving to whole leaf brewing, in stages. I am planning on inserting a whole leaf hopback after the pump, on to a chiller. I don't have the ability to gravity feed the HB and then the Chugger - I'm certain it would just cavitate badly.
I don't want to recirc wort through, for a few reasons. I would like to get from near boiling to 62F in one pass. How long that takes, within reason, is less a concern. However, the whole point for me of using the hopback is to chill down quickly to preserve aromatics. So "within reason" says, hopefully, say, 10-15 minutes?
I have never been a fan of the fact that homebrew level PC's are not gasketed and cannot be broken down. However, I know a ton of you love them. I know the Blich is possibly overpriced for its chilling ability. Duda is a possibility. Are there other good companies doing PCs?
Finally, the CFC. I don't know the chilling power of the CFC relative to the PC's. Same desire, a quick chill post HB. Here, of course, less concerned with clogging and I would likely recirc through for sanitizing.
Anyway, BK-pump-hopback (pressure capable)-chiller-FV. Many thanks.
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