Lperes27
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I've been looking everywhere for options to have my wort chilled to inoculation temp. for my new kettle that I recently bought and I'm really in doubt on which way should I follow. Thus, I ask you for your help/opinion.
As seen in the picture attached, my old boil kettle was 32L/8.45gl made of aluminum and I used an aluminum immersion chiller which gets almost the same diameter as the kettle (4cm/1.5in from the wall).
The new kettle holds 95L/25gl (50cm/19.6in diameter) and is made of 304 stainless steel. Evidently, I'm not willing to use the same aluminum as it is certainly insufficient to cool down the wort properly.
So, I've tought on the following options:
1. A new immersion chiller made out of stainless steel (I brew kettle sours, so aluminum is not a option), with something around 45cm/17.7in diameter
2. Counterflow chiller
3. Plate chiller
Naturally, each one has it own cons/pros and I'm currently leaning toward immersion chiller, mostly because is the way I'm already used to. However, I've never brewed this volume so I'm uncertain of the cooling efficiency.
What are your toughts?
I've been looking everywhere for options to have my wort chilled to inoculation temp. for my new kettle that I recently bought and I'm really in doubt on which way should I follow. Thus, I ask you for your help/opinion.
As seen in the picture attached, my old boil kettle was 32L/8.45gl made of aluminum and I used an aluminum immersion chiller which gets almost the same diameter as the kettle (4cm/1.5in from the wall).
The new kettle holds 95L/25gl (50cm/19.6in diameter) and is made of 304 stainless steel. Evidently, I'm not willing to use the same aluminum as it is certainly insufficient to cool down the wort properly.
So, I've tought on the following options:
1. A new immersion chiller made out of stainless steel (I brew kettle sours, so aluminum is not a option), with something around 45cm/17.7in diameter
2. Counterflow chiller
3. Plate chiller
Naturally, each one has it own cons/pros and I'm currently leaning toward immersion chiller, mostly because is the way I'm already used to. However, I've never brewed this volume so I'm uncertain of the cooling efficiency.
What are your toughts?