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Question #12
I just brewed my 4th all-grain batch last night. A 21 pound grain bill Imperial Oatmeal Stout I brew will all electric in my basement and I have a counter flow chiller (3/8) i.d. As I watch for 34 minutes, my wort slowly drain from my keggle I thought: quickly chilling the wort results is a cold break that brings protiens to the bottom of the kettle but is that occuring with a counter flow? And if so is the cold break ending up in my fermenter? Do I even know what cold break means/is? Should I go back to an immersion chiller in the kettle and us the copper coil from the c/f as a pre chiller in a bucket of ice? That would help a lot, I would think.
Thanks ahead of time.
I just brewed my 4th all-grain batch last night. A 21 pound grain bill Imperial Oatmeal Stout I brew will all electric in my basement and I have a counter flow chiller (3/8) i.d. As I watch for 34 minutes, my wort slowly drain from my keggle I thought: quickly chilling the wort results is a cold break that brings protiens to the bottom of the kettle but is that occuring with a counter flow? And if so is the cold break ending up in my fermenter? Do I even know what cold break means/is? Should I go back to an immersion chiller in the kettle and us the copper coil from the c/f as a pre chiller in a bucket of ice? That would help a lot, I would think.
Thanks ahead of time.