Robbo2234
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Hi brewers!
I was thinking about making a pre chiller in a esky before I go into a cfc and then wort back into a esky with another coil before it enters the fermenter.
so in one direction it would go.
Water Tap > pre chiller > CFC > down the drain.
and the other way would be.
Kettle > CFC > Post chiller > fermenter
The plan is to chill the wort (ohhh Durrrr!) as low as I can get so I can pitch straight away, I was thinking about just pumping the water in a esky then into a immersion chiller and back again, The problem with that is the hot water after the heat exchange would melt the ice.
this way the water / wort is not at its hottest and the ice should keep a bit longer.
any one done this before or am I over engineering things?
I was thinking about making a pre chiller in a esky before I go into a cfc and then wort back into a esky with another coil before it enters the fermenter.
so in one direction it would go.
Water Tap > pre chiller > CFC > down the drain.
and the other way would be.
Kettle > CFC > Post chiller > fermenter
The plan is to chill the wort (ohhh Durrrr!) as low as I can get so I can pitch straight away, I was thinking about just pumping the water in a esky then into a immersion chiller and back again, The problem with that is the hot water after the heat exchange would melt the ice.
this way the water / wort is not at its hottest and the ice should keep a bit longer.
any one done this before or am I over engineering things?