c0bra
Well-Known Member
I built a counter-flow chiller based on Bobby_M's excellent guide and used it to chill a 10 gallon batch of Ed's Haus Pale Ale over the weekend.
The leak test with boiling hot water worked beautifully, however once we actually started cooling the wort the flow slowed down to a trickle. It probably took almost an hour to drain all 10 gallons by gravity.
There is a sort of dip tube (copper elbow soldered onto copper tubing screwed into the bulkhead. We used hop pellets straight into the kettle, no bag or anything. Could this have somehow clogged things up? Also the kettle is just a standard 15 gallon aluminum stock pot.
I hesitate to try using this again without figuring out why the flow was so terribly slow, and I'd rather not dump $140+ on a pump if I don't absolutely have to.
The leak test with boiling hot water worked beautifully, however once we actually started cooling the wort the flow slowed down to a trickle. It probably took almost an hour to drain all 10 gallons by gravity.
There is a sort of dip tube (copper elbow soldered onto copper tubing screwed into the bulkhead. We used hop pellets straight into the kettle, no bag or anything. Could this have somehow clogged things up? Also the kettle is just a standard 15 gallon aluminum stock pot.
I hesitate to try using this again without figuring out why the flow was so terribly slow, and I'd rather not dump $140+ on a pump if I don't absolutely have to.