JeremyHB
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I have a 1bbl system in the works. I already have two 36 gal ss fermentation tanks and a 160 qt kettle retrofitted to boil over a 75,000 btu propane heater. 150 qt mash tun in a chest cooler with a braid to drain.
My question is this: I really have no acceptable and inexpensive way to chill 30ish gallons of hot wort, so I have an idea to build my own glycol type chiller.
Going to take a small chest freezer and put a 10 gal plastic bucket it it and fill it with red antifreze. Then I will use a aquarium pump to circulate the chilled solution through tubing that has been coiled around the high temp hosing that will run from my kettle to my primary. Of course I will also put an o2 stone in the line as well to oxygenate at the end after the wort has been cooled.
My real question is will this type of system cool the wort as much as I need it to be on its way to primary? The hose to primary will be 1/2" and approximately 18 feet long and will be coiled with about 300+ feet of tightly wrapped tubing on a closed circuit containing the chilled liquid.
on the return to the chest freezer it will run outside this coiled tubing as I will be jacketing the main line and running the glycol return on the outside of the jacket.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance. I will post pics when I build.
My question is this: I really have no acceptable and inexpensive way to chill 30ish gallons of hot wort, so I have an idea to build my own glycol type chiller.
Going to take a small chest freezer and put a 10 gal plastic bucket it it and fill it with red antifreze. Then I will use a aquarium pump to circulate the chilled solution through tubing that has been coiled around the high temp hosing that will run from my kettle to my primary. Of course I will also put an o2 stone in the line as well to oxygenate at the end after the wort has been cooled.
My real question is will this type of system cool the wort as much as I need it to be on its way to primary? The hose to primary will be 1/2" and approximately 18 feet long and will be coiled with about 300+ feet of tightly wrapped tubing on a closed circuit containing the chilled liquid.
on the return to the chest freezer it will run outside this coiled tubing as I will be jacketing the main line and running the glycol return on the outside of the jacket.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance. I will post pics when I build.