Chilling Wort

[Paul H]

Guys,
What are your thoughts on running hot wort through an immersion chiller in cold water as opposed to the other way around?

Cheers
Paul

 

[Ross]

Guys,
What are your thoughts on running hot wort through an immersion chiller in cold water as opposed to the other way around?

Cheers
Paul

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Paul,

It won't chill your wort sufficiently - the water next to the immersion chiller would quickly warm & have little impact on chilling your wort - This is why a counterflow chiller is used, which runs continual fresh water over what is basically an immersion chiller being used in the way you suggest...

cheers Ross

 

[jayse]

I tried this when i first started several years ago and quickly moved on as it doesn't work to well at all. Theres a couple tricks you can do to help it work better like continually adding ice into it and stirring it around the whole time or simply have a hose in it turned on and have a drain at the bottom so you contiunially adding new tap temp water to it. Both ways to help to get the job done but seriously just using it in the normal style of imersion chiller is much more practical and works better.

I even once kept adding dry ice too it, still didn't work very well but it did look like a kiss concert in the shed and i couldn't really see what i was doing by the end. :beerbang:

Born to booze
Jayse

 

[Trough Lolly]

[snip]
I even once kept adding dry ice too it, still didn't work very well but it did look like a kiss concert in the shed and i couldn't really see what i was doing by the end. :beerbang:

Born to booze
Jayse

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All you needed was a few PAR64's and a flash pot and it's up, up and away!!

TL

 

[BoilerBoy]

Paul,

Thats the method I use, water and ice and just stir it around.

A temp probe in a piece of Pvc hose on the end of the copper will tell you what temp its coming out at and you can adjust the flow at the tap if its too hot.

I get the wort down to 18c in about 20 min.

Cheers
BB

 

[jayse]

All you needed was a few PAR64's and a flash pot and it's up, up and away!!

TL

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At 2kw a pair for the 64s' i don't think the GPO in my shed would quite cut the mustard. :beerbang:

let there be light.
Jayse

 

[warrenlw63]

I even once kept adding dry ice too it, still didn't work very well but it did look like a kiss concert in the shed and i couldn't really see what i was doing by the end. :beerbang:

Born to booze
Jayse

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:lol: No UV strobe lights as well Jayse?

Edit: spelleringrg

Warren -

 

[BrissyBrew]

Paul,
I am currently have a 15m coil of copper wound inside a head (also my HLT) I fill this with ice, ice and more ice, and some water, I then drain by gravity my ketttle through the coil to chill the wort. It works but uses a lot of ice, like I am dropping the temps of a 50L keg to 10*C or less work out the BTUs needed etc. Not efficient but effective. You need to stir a lot as well or allow it to stand and stratify hot water at the top were the wort enters the coil and cooler wort at the bottom, the only thing is ice floats so there goes effciency again.