looking into building a wort chiller. my idea was first an immersion style chiller, then looked into a CF chiller. my only issue is that the ground water in here is pretty warm (80-90*) so it doesnt seem like that alone would do it. i was brainstorming on how to cool the water down further and came up with 2 ideas.
1. Drop the wort back in the MLT (after cleaining of course, would also help filter a bit further in this step) and run the through copper tubing in an ice bath, out of the bottom of the bucket and into the fermenter.
2. Run the water from the hose through the ice bath before passing it up to the CF wort chiller. Although this would be the more expensive option requiring me to build the full CF chiller AND an additional copper coil to chill the hose water.
pics for example:
thoughts?
1. Drop the wort back in the MLT (after cleaining of course, would also help filter a bit further in this step) and run the through copper tubing in an ice bath, out of the bottom of the bucket and into the fermenter.
2. Run the water from the hose through the ice bath before passing it up to the CF wort chiller. Although this would be the more expensive option requiring me to build the full CF chiller AND an additional copper coil to chill the hose water.
pics for example:
thoughts?