Plate Chiller First Use Lessons Learned

[Gadjobrinus]

Amount of time your average brew day takes I think? I've never seen it as 1 word though

That's because I screw up the language regularly. Yes,

How much beer do we brew in a batch at the Portsmouth Brewery?

A. The “brew length” of our brewery is seven barrels.

 

[TheMadKing]

That's because I screw up the language regularly. Yes,

gotcha, no offense intended just a comment.

My average brew day is ~4 hours including cleanup

 

[schematix]

Sorry, not trying to be cool, how big are your batches?

I'm usually chilling 12-16G of wort.

Performance entirely depends on water temp. This time of year i run the 75F tap water through the Hydra for about 20 minutes, which will put me within about 10 degrees of the tap water temp. I'll then switch to recirculating ice water to get the rest of the way. I always switch from tap water to recirculating ice water at tap water + 10 degrees though since it's a good balance between speed and efficiency. Takes a ton of ice to chill water 10 degrees.

Overall brew time varies. Lately i've been pushing about 6-7 hours, but a lot of that is because of my 3 hour mash program. Looking to cut an hour from that.