I have been in the process of setting up my three 8 gal kettle HERMS for about a year now. I am to the point of installing my coil and I had an idea the other day. I can not think of any negatives but since I have not used a system like this I am curious if I am missing something.
My thought is to mount my herms coil in a lid. This way I can use it in my HLT to heat mash. Then also at the end of the boil I will stick it on my BK and circulate ice water through it to cool my wort. Will this work? Doing it this way ensures I don't need to pump my wort (and risk clogging from hops) and I can just pump ice water. I don't plan on pumping my wort as I will siphon it to the fermenter. (I plan on 5 gal batches)
One thought of a possible negative is that the steam collecting on the lid during the initial cooling will be contaminated as it drips into the wort...but I would spray it with a sanitizer to deal with this.
I just thought that having one mounted in a removable lid vs in the HLT might be beneficial. Thoughts?
My thought is to mount my herms coil in a lid. This way I can use it in my HLT to heat mash. Then also at the end of the boil I will stick it on my BK and circulate ice water through it to cool my wort. Will this work? Doing it this way ensures I don't need to pump my wort (and risk clogging from hops) and I can just pump ice water. I don't plan on pumping my wort as I will siphon it to the fermenter. (I plan on 5 gal batches)
One thought of a possible negative is that the steam collecting on the lid during the initial cooling will be contaminated as it drips into the wort...but I would spray it with a sanitizer to deal with this.
I just thought that having one mounted in a removable lid vs in the HLT might be beneficial. Thoughts?