Cooling Immersion Chiller Water Temperature with Mash Tun

[Brewmegoodbeer]

Hey guys,

Check out my technique I thought of using to cool my immersion chiller water temp down more. Anyone else do this the same way?

https://youtu.be/LeyXq-0Rv-A

 

[hafmpty]

This is essentially a pre-chiller but without using a separate chiller. What some guys will do is first use normal temp tap water to bring the wort down to 100F and the switch over to the chilled water. I use a recirculating pond pump for my hot weather chilling. Normal tap water to drop it to 100F. The I have a bucket filled with ice water that I have the pond pump in. From there I attach the out from the pond pump to the in on my chiller and the out tube of the chiller goes back into the bucket. It recirculates like this until I'm at my target temp. This setup, light agitation of the wort, and a sweet chiller from Jaded Brewing (the mantis) gets me from boiling to 64F using 70 degree tap water in less than 10 minutes.

 

[Addiktion]

I use almost the same set up. Just with a pond pump and two coolers. I use the collected hot water for cleaning. And after the first few gallons of water I take the hot water tube put it in my ice cooler to recirculate and save water.