iceman80403
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone. For some reason or another, I've been thinking about how to very quickly cool wort. I know about counterflow chillers, but they have their drawbacks. I've always used an immersion chiller and like how easy the sanitation and cleanup are with it, but I don't like having to stir it in the wort and waste all the water.
So my idea is to have a small or medium sized freezer on its coldest setting with a glycol reservoir in it. There would be a pump that pushes the glycol out of the freezer, through a transmission cooler immersed in the wort and then back into the reservoir. No wasted water, no extra sanitation and not too much extra cleanup.
Transmission cooler picture:
http://www.automotiveconcepts.net/store/images2/FLE/image/Translif.jpg
I probably wont be doing anything like this for a while, but it would be great to hear from anyone who may have already done something like this or will try it now. This is just a rough first idea so if you know a way to make it better let's hear it!
So my idea is to have a small or medium sized freezer on its coldest setting with a glycol reservoir in it. There would be a pump that pushes the glycol out of the freezer, through a transmission cooler immersed in the wort and then back into the reservoir. No wasted water, no extra sanitation and not too much extra cleanup.
Transmission cooler picture:
http://www.automotiveconcepts.net/store/images2/FLE/image/Translif.jpg
I probably wont be doing anything like this for a while, but it would be great to hear from anyone who may have already done something like this or will try it now. This is just a rough first idea so if you know a way to make it better let's hear it!