ronllave
Active Member
Im planning on building an immersion chiller and had an idea to incorporate my kegerator into the design. I live in a part of Southern California which sees temps over 100 during the summer. With the hottest months coming up, Im not sure if my tap water will be cold enough to cool the wort efficiently through an immersion chiller.
So heres my idea the night before brew-day, fill up an empty corny keg with tap water and leave it in my kegerator overnight at around 40 degrees F. After boiling the wort, I would connect tubing from the liquid-out end of the keg directly into the immersion chiller. Then, I would hook up my co2 to the keg of water with just enough pressure to get the water to flow through the chiller at a decent rate.
Has anybody tried something like this or does anybody see potential problems with this method? Im thinking that although it might be a waste of CO2, it is a simple enough way to pump ice cold water through the chiller. Thoughts?
So heres my idea the night before brew-day, fill up an empty corny keg with tap water and leave it in my kegerator overnight at around 40 degrees F. After boiling the wort, I would connect tubing from the liquid-out end of the keg directly into the immersion chiller. Then, I would hook up my co2 to the keg of water with just enough pressure to get the water to flow through the chiller at a decent rate.
Has anybody tried something like this or does anybody see potential problems with this method? Im thinking that although it might be a waste of CO2, it is a simple enough way to pump ice cold water through the chiller. Thoughts?