Hi all, I'm fairly new here, and wanted to poll for ideas on how best to chill my wort.
I'll soon be putting a March pump into my brewing system. I got it mostly for transferring water and wort, but am now wondering how to best use it for chilling.
Right now I just gravity feed from my BK to the fermenter through a Chillzilla CFC. I have a hop stopper screen to filter out hops/trub. I also have a 25' x 3/8" IC which I use as a pre-chiller. The IC doesn't fit well in my kettle with the hop stopper in place.
Should I keep doing the same thing, but just pump it? Or how about a whirlpool-like setup where I send the output from the CFC back to the BK? This would help bring the temp down for the entire wort volume in the kettle, but are there issues with chilling wort and then reheating it by sending it back to the kettle?
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'll soon be putting a March pump into my brewing system. I got it mostly for transferring water and wort, but am now wondering how to best use it for chilling.
Right now I just gravity feed from my BK to the fermenter through a Chillzilla CFC. I have a hop stopper screen to filter out hops/trub. I also have a 25' x 3/8" IC which I use as a pre-chiller. The IC doesn't fit well in my kettle with the hop stopper in place.
Should I keep doing the same thing, but just pump it? Or how about a whirlpool-like setup where I send the output from the CFC back to the BK? This would help bring the temp down for the entire wort volume in the kettle, but are there issues with chilling wort and then reheating it by sending it back to the kettle?
Any advice would be appreciated.
