styletheboss
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My extant metod of cooling wort down is to use a wort chiller. I'm considering purchasing a plate chiller to reduce time. Is it a good buy?
I use an immersion chiller. Tap water for a few minutes then recirculate from a fermenter with block of water frozen in ice cream containers (what else would I use the freezer on my keg fridge for?)
I don't like the idea of a plate or counterflow chiller because you can't see inside it. Maybe this doesn't matter if you use a pump to clean it. How are you planing to steralise? recirculate boiling wort before the end of the boil or some other sterilisation agent?
I like the idea of an immersion chiller because you get the cold break out in the kettle.
http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php suggests that switching chillers will affect things like hop aroma and utilisation but I wouldn't believe this without trying it.
I use an immersion chiller. Tap water for a few minutes then recirculate from a fermenter with block of water frozen in ice cream containers (what else would I use the freezer on my keg fridge for?)
I don't like the idea of a plate or counterflow chiller because you can't see inside it. Maybe this doesn't matter if you use a pump to clean it. How are you planing to steralise? recirculate boiling wort before the end of the boil or some other sterilisation agent?
I like the idea of an immersion chiller because you get the cold break out in the kettle.
Funny that a no chiller posts on this thread but gets their knickers in a twist when chillers post on theirs. The question related to chilling techniques.
My extant metod of cooling wort down is to use a wort chiller. I'm considering purchasing a plate chiller to reduce time. Is it a good buy?
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