Pump and Sparge arm cooling

[Joseph524]

Hello All
I recently made a sparge arm for my keggle much like the More Beer ultimate sparge arm. I was wondering can I use this and a wort immersion chiller and a pump to cool the wort? I would like to set it up and let the pump and arm do the work. I usually run the chiller and mix around with a spoon.

Thanks

 

[Joseph524]

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[chewse]

Just verifying, is the purpose to chill the wort? If so, I don't see the need for the sparge arm. Do you have an old 10 gallon cooler? If so, you can purchase a water pump for around $40-$50 that will attach to your immersion chiller. The water return goes back into the cooler so there is very little mess. What I do is place a few bags of ice in the cooler and add a gallon of water. It cools down the wort to a yeast pitchable temperature in about 15 minutes.

 

[Joseph524]

No it is not the only purpose to chill the wort. The pump will be used for recirculating the mash to keep even temps. I do BIAB and have a false bottom in my keggle. The bottom keeps the bag off the bottom. Since the pump already has wort in it and sterile, I just thought it would be easier to just let it run during the chill down. Only reason to use the arm also it that I could close to keggle to keeps things out.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I have a recirculating BIAB system and do exactly what you are describing. Running the pump through the sparge arm during chilling serves a few purposes for me.


1. Allows me to put the lid on the pot and walk away. The recirculation means I don't have to stand there stirring and it chills faster.
2. It aerates the wort. I typically don't use any additional aeration other than what is introduced during my 15 minute chilling cycle.

 

[Joseph524]

I have a recirculating BIAB system and do exactly what you are describing. Running the pump through the sparge arm during chilling serves a few purposes for me.


1. Allows me to put the lid on the pot and walk away. The recirculation means I don't have to stand there stirring and it chills faster.
2. It aerates the wort. I typically don't use any additional aeration other than what is introduced during my 15 minutes chilling cycle.

Do you also let the pump run at all during the mash? I have heard it can help clear up the wort and maybe increase efficiency.

 

[Snicklefritz]

It runs through the entire mash. The only time I turn it off really is during the boil.