Burgs
Well-Known Member
I'm currently in chiller limbo at the moment and not really satisfied with any of my options.
My old immersion chiller was easy to clean and sanitize but was inefficient due to its size and over half of it being up and out of the wort.
I traded that for a plate chiller but I am noticing a little buyers remorse with that because I'm not sure how easy it's going to be to keep clean.
I don't think a CFC would suit my setup well at this point because I don't have a pump.
So, I'm thinking about no-chill. I'm ok with making hop adjustments. I like the idea of draining directly after flameout and my boiling wort sanitizing the vessel.
What I'm unsure of is the importance of cold break in all of this. I have heard plenty of people say that their no-chill beers are perfect as far as clarity - is that all there is to it, though? Is rapidly cooling from boiling to pitching doing anything other than just forcing that break material to precipitate out? Is cold break & potentially chill-haze an aesthetic thing only (I think so)?
If I choose to do this, I would pitch the next day, rather than letting it sit in the container for an extended period of time. So, I'm not going to give it a lot of time to settle out and I won't be racking anyway, my plan would be to dump everything and aerate into my better bottle and then pitch.
So, my reasons for interest in this aren't the normal - water conservation, not having a chiller - BUT more so that I'm just not happy with my current chilling options and I honestly think this seems like a more elegant solution. So, no-chillers, do you share this opinion or do you feel you are no-chilling out of some limitation and you're just kinda forced into it and compromising the quality of your beer?
Thanks!
My old immersion chiller was easy to clean and sanitize but was inefficient due to its size and over half of it being up and out of the wort.
I traded that for a plate chiller but I am noticing a little buyers remorse with that because I'm not sure how easy it's going to be to keep clean.
I don't think a CFC would suit my setup well at this point because I don't have a pump.
So, I'm thinking about no-chill. I'm ok with making hop adjustments. I like the idea of draining directly after flameout and my boiling wort sanitizing the vessel.
What I'm unsure of is the importance of cold break in all of this. I have heard plenty of people say that their no-chill beers are perfect as far as clarity - is that all there is to it, though? Is rapidly cooling from boiling to pitching doing anything other than just forcing that break material to precipitate out? Is cold break & potentially chill-haze an aesthetic thing only (I think so)?
If I choose to do this, I would pitch the next day, rather than letting it sit in the container for an extended period of time. So, I'm not going to give it a lot of time to settle out and I won't be racking anyway, my plan would be to dump everything and aerate into my better bottle and then pitch.
So, my reasons for interest in this aren't the normal - water conservation, not having a chiller - BUT more so that I'm just not happy with my current chilling options and I honestly think this seems like a more elegant solution. So, no-chillers, do you share this opinion or do you feel you are no-chilling out of some limitation and you're just kinda forced into it and compromising the quality of your beer?
Thanks!