Hey gang,
my parents purchased me a brewing kit for Christmas (yup, 30 years old and married and my parents still get me KILLER Christmas presents) and it has been a great thing for my Dad and I to bond over. So far we have made a Honey Wheat (which should be ready next week) and a Kolsch. Great times!
Enough mini blogging, now for the real reason of the post. My Dad & I have been purchasing small gadgets each time we go to the local brew shop (Adventures in Homebrewing) and got to thinking that a wort chiller would be nice but they are extremely over priced for what they are. Each time we go my dad has been going on and on how we need to just make one and this weekend we finally did that.
Here are a few pictures I took during the process. We have 50 feet of 3/8 tubing that split from a single 1/2 tube. It isn't complete yet but shouldn't take too long to finish.
Making the bottom 25 feet
Aligning the top and bottom exit tubing
Joining the top and bottom sections
Top down view before finishing soldering
Where we stopped at tonight
my parents purchased me a brewing kit for Christmas (yup, 30 years old and married and my parents still get me KILLER Christmas presents) and it has been a great thing for my Dad and I to bond over. So far we have made a Honey Wheat (which should be ready next week) and a Kolsch. Great times!
Enough mini blogging, now for the real reason of the post. My Dad & I have been purchasing small gadgets each time we go to the local brew shop (Adventures in Homebrewing) and got to thinking that a wort chiller would be nice but they are extremely over priced for what they are. Each time we go my dad has been going on and on how we need to just make one and this weekend we finally did that.
Here are a few pictures I took during the process. We have 50 feet of 3/8 tubing that split from a single 1/2 tube. It isn't complete yet but shouldn't take too long to finish.
Making the bottom 25 feet
Aligning the top and bottom exit tubing
Joining the top and bottom sections
Top down view before finishing soldering
Where we stopped at tonight