25'coil chiller with whirlpool enough for 10 gal?

[EFSbrew]

Hey all I'm going to be brewing my first ten gallon batch in a few days and I was wondering if a 25' chiller with whirlpool will be enough. I wanted a 50' chiller but copper tubing is way expensive. Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[day_trippr]

Water temperature matters. How's yours?

Cheers!

 

[EFSbrew]

It's sixty degrees right now

 

[tflew]

Immersion Chiller or CFC?

 

[EFSbrew]

Immersion chiller

 

[mikescooling]

I had trouble with mine, it was due to the coil being short, stout, and to small. I know some of the guys here have success with theirs. It took me too long to cool 11gallons (45min). If I had a big paddle to stir the wart around the IC it would have worked better. I switched to a plate chiller so I never messed with it again.

 

[brewmeister13]

60 degree water is nice. It took me about 40 minutes to get a 10 gal batch down below 90 with 80 degree water. If it takes too long do what I did, get it below Hot Side Aeration temps then transfer to carboys and dunk in a tub with ice water before pitching.