20 Plate Wort Chiller

[Mkoreper1]

Hello, been off and on home brewer for years. Starting to get back into it and I’m finally the point in my life where I can start investing in better equipment than what I have right now.

Going through Amazon I found a Plate Wort Chiller, would anyone recommend it?

 

[hotbeer]

Are you filtering the wort before you run it through? Seems like more trouble than the copper coil immersion chiller I made from scrap copper tube I just had laying around. I can see when it's clean for every part of it that touches the wort.

Not trying to put a damper on your find. Just wanting to know myself how much more or less work it makes for chilling down the wort.

 

[Mkoreper1]

Didn’t think about filtering before hand. We bought a couple of inline filters going from 20 to 50 mesh which has worked pretty good. Finally can drink the beer out of the bottle.

 

[Culinarytracker]

Have you researched all the different kinds of wort chillers? I've never used one, but I don't think I'd be up for a plate chiller that you can't disassemble.
It was covered in a recent podcast I listened too also.

Plastic faucets vs stainless steel faucets, methods for conical temperature control, regulator creeping, & immersion vs plate chillers – Ep. 224


I'm upgrading a lot of equipment, but I think I want to stick with immersion chillers, or maybe something like the Northern Brewer Stainless Counterflow Wort Chiller.

 

[Alex4mula]

I have a 20 plate 18” one that I love to death. Here in Michigan winter cools 5gal from 210F to 65F (or lower) in about 3 minutes. In summer is about 6-7min. Basically it cools to around 2-3 degrees above tap water temperature. Very efficient. Now I use a hop spider and don’t brew IPAs. Have brewed 75 beers over 2.5 years. Won’t change it for anything.