competition for ugliest immersion chiller

[bracconiere]

this is mine i got the inner coil out of a horse stall back in 1996, scrubbed it up with sos pads, still using it to this day.....i got the outer coil from the hardware store like a normal person, hoping a quicker chill would give me better cold break and clear beer...didn't work. but oh well...

is everyone else's pretty? now i'm think buying some bailing wire and wiring it up....Thanks again!

 

[MaxStout]

this is mine i got the inner coil out of a horse stall back in 1996, scrubbed it up with sos pads, still using it to this day.....i got the outer coil from the hardware store like a normal person, hoping a quicker chill would give me better cold break and clear beer...didn't work. but oh well...

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is everyone else's pretty? now i'm think buying some bailing wire and wiring it up....Thanks again!

Didn't know horse stalls had copper coils. I learn something new every day.

I don't think you're going to find anyone who could top that. That is one fugly chiller, but if it works, who cares? Don't wire it up. Leave it in its original splendor.

 

[bracconiere]

Leave it in its original splendor.

it being flexible does help it fit under the kitchen vent hood.....both putting it in, and taking it out.....

and normally horse stalls don't have copper tubing, but i was 18, had a job cleaning one out, right after i learned i could make my own beer...it under the bedding...and i was like, HEY CAN I HAVE THAT?....so to my 18 year old brain, it was a free IC!

 

[marc1]

it being flexible does help it fit under the kitchen vent hood.....both putting it in, and taking it out.....

and normally horse stalls don't have copper tubing, but i was 18, had a job cleaning one out, right after i learned i could make my own beer...it under the bedding...and i was like, HEY CAN I HAVE THAT?....so to my 18 year old brain, it was a free IC!

LOL at the idea of an immersion chiller to be used on horses

I made a "parallel pipe" counterflow chiller, because I wanted to be able to get inside to check and clean it.

 

[bracconiere]

LOL at the idea of an immersion chiller to be used on horses

why? normally they just cool them down with a wet blanket? it'd be an upgrade from an ice bath.....?

edit: hell, if it had a camera, you could check the horse for cancer while you're at it! lol

 

[str1p3s]

I built this monster in 2017 out of 3 25' copper tubes. Very ugly but works like a charm. It's only sprung a leak once I think...

 

[bracconiere]

I built this monster in 2017 out of 3 25' copper tubes. Very ugly but works like a charm. It's only sprung a leak once I think...View attachment 743233

triple cool! what is that intake nozzle?

 

[day_trippr]

That's a quick connect you can find in most big-box stores, similar to this set from Lowes.
I have two sets of them on my IC on the water side...

Cheers!

 

[bracconiere]

That's a quick connect you can find in most big-box stores, similar to this set from Lowes.
I have two sets of them on my IC on the water side...

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Cheers!

looks good, the hose washer in my IC has taken to running away recently.....

 

[seatazzz]

looks good, the hose washer in my IC has taken to running away recently.....

I just bought two new ones today; I also use them on my plate chiller, and on my water in & out hoses. Can't beat them.

 

[camonick]

this is mine i got the inner coil out of a horse stall back in 1996, scrubbed it up with sos pads, still using it to this day.....i got the outer coil from the hardware store like a normal person, hoping a quicker chill would give me better cold break and clear beer...didn't work. but oh well...

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is everyone else's pretty? now i'm think buying some bailing wire and wiring it up....Thanks again!

 

[Jaybird]

this is mine i got the inner coil out of a horse stall back in 1996, scrubbed it up with sos pads, still using it to this day.....i got the outer coil from the hardware store like a normal person, hoping a quicker chill would give me better cold break and clear beer...didn't work. but oh well...

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is everyone else's pretty? now i'm think buying some bailing wire and wiring it up....Thanks again!

You win! Baaaahhaaaaaaaaa

Cheers
Jay

 

[MaxStout]

Doesn't come close to the ones already posted, but here's my first DIY chiller. I still use it for small batches. Bending the 1/2" refrig tubing was a biatch, but I didn't collapse it. A few minor kinks, though.

 

[bracconiere]

Doesn't come close to the ones already posted, but here's my first DIY chiller. I still use it for small batches. Bending the 1/2" refrig tubing was a biatch, but I didn't collapse it. A few minor kinks, though.
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i don't remember...are you a one gallon brewer?

 

[MaxStout]

i don't remember...are you a one gallon brewer?

Nope, but I used to use it for 2.5-3 gal batches.

Have a bigger IC for 5 and 10 gal batches.

 

[user 298779]

this is mine i got the inner coil out of a horse stall back in 1996, scrubbed it up with sos pads, still using it to this day.....i got the outer coil from the hardware store like a normal person, hoping a quicker chill would give me better cold break and clear beer...didn't work. but oh well...

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is everyone else's pretty? now i'm think buying some bailing wire and wiring it up....Thanks again!

This gets my vote! Can’t imagine that being one-upped, especially with the story behind it… How about making a Horse Stall Stout with it….??

Cheers

 

[bracconiere]

This gets my vote! Can’t imagine that being one-upped, especially with the story behind it… How about making a Horse Stall Stout with it….??

Cheers

i was 18 i think in '96.....and still cooling a turkey fryer pot in the sink....i really didn't give a f if the tubing came out of a horse stall....and i was still just using a paint bag and 5 gallon bucket to 'sparge'...ahhh

 

[dwhite60]

I thought mine was ugly. If the OP's is a two on a scale from one to ten, mine's a solid seven.