New to homebrew, made a wort chiller

[bad67z]

Okay, so cool that you can make your own chiller which I wasn't sure of. I happen to have some copper tubing an electrician found in my attic. So, it's not spotless, but perhaps I can make it work? I figure if I douse it in bleach, clean it up it should be okay. Then I'll attach the lines on the end. Any good place to find out how to do that?

Nice video of your beer bubbling away earlier, mine never got that rapid, believe my wort was coooler. So I just went to secondary on this HopNogg after 5 days in primary, my first brew. Will leave it in secondary for 2+ weeks and bottle. I will likely do the Cream Ale everyone here speaks so highly of next!

gawine,

You can use bleach to "kill" what ever may be on your copper. But if you want it "shiny clean" I would suggest buying a gallon or two of cheep vinegar and a scotch-brite pad it works very well. Let it soak for an hour or two then scrub off any remaining stubborn gunk. Rinse with water and your in business.

Cheers...

 

[verotik]

Yeah, mine actually was too warm. I started it out around 78 and it was bubbling hard for a full day then stopped. I didn't realize i should have started it about 10 degrees or more cooler, but it still turned out good.

 

[gawine]

Good recipe, but I can pretty much only attack the outside. Hopefully the interior is okay!

I've heard wrapping it around a paint can works. I'll look into the end attachments.

 

[verotik]

This is what i went by:

http://www.olderascal.com/brewing/wortchiller/index.html

 

[KhellendrosXS]

Good recipe, but I can pretty much only attack the outside. Hopefully the interior is okay!

I've heard wrapping it around a paint can works. I'll look into the end attachments.

As long as nothing is blocking the interior (and flow of water) its OK. Your wort wont touch it. You just need the outside parts that touch the wort to be clean.

 

[gawine]

Ah great point... who cares about the inside of the tubing right!? But, now I've got to thinking, i'm a newbie, doing kits which only require 2.5 gallons of wort to boil, so do i really need a wort chiller as it seemed to cool fairly quickly in just a simple ice bath. wort chiller may be best for doing partial mash or full grain.