EdWort
Well-Known Member
I cannot believe I have didn't do this sooner. I picked up the recirculating chiller piece of copper tubing at Austin Homebrew last week. It's an $11 piece of copper that I could have bought and made myself, but it was pre-bent and one end was flanged to help keep the hose from slipping off, so I bought it.
I used it to chill 16.5 gallons of wort yesterday after running some boiling wort through it to sanitize it.
The system brought 16.5 gallons from 212 degrees to 139 in under 5 minutes using tap water. Time to 80 degrees was 25 minutes with only tap water and ambient temp was 92.
Next time, I'll hook up my recirculating ice water pump to the chiller.
The main thing is that I no longer have to stir the kettle to speed up chilling. Now I can stand there and watch the thermometer as it drops.
I have had a pump for a year now and am now kicking myself for not using it.
I used it to chill 16.5 gallons of wort yesterday after running some boiling wort through it to sanitize it.
The system brought 16.5 gallons from 212 degrees to 139 in under 5 minutes using tap water. Time to 80 degrees was 25 minutes with only tap water and ambient temp was 92.
Next time, I'll hook up my recirculating ice water pump to the chiller.
The main thing is that I no longer have to stir the kettle to speed up chilling. Now I can stand there and watch the thermometer as it drops.
I have had a pump for a year now and am now kicking myself for not using it.