A3k
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Another no-chiller here. It may not be the perfect world for the beer itself, but it allows me to brew a 100L batch, but only ferment 2 x 25L at a time. And as a bonus the 2 fermentors are rarely full of the same beer, rather than being hit with 100L of 1 style of beer.
QldKev
Im a no-chiller.
I have bugger all time at the moment, and struggle to find 4 hours in a block to brew. No Chilling means I can brew in 3.5-4 hours, including cleanup.
I tried chilling twice with an immersion heater I made. I threw both out due to infection. It was either exposure in the kettle as it cooled, poor connections in the copper elbows etc letting tap water into the beer, or a flavour I get from US05 which I now dont like (I get it massively with JS golden ale). Anyway, I got deterred by this, and dont use my immersion chiller any more.
Also, I do anywhere between 50lt to 80lt batches. As QldKev said, I love the advantage of making hop differences and yeast difference easily so I get several different beers out of the same wort. No reason you cant do this when chilling though, but youd have to be more organised. Ive made the beer for my engagement party. One keg has a really hoppy APA and another from the same batch is similar, but much more subdued hopwise.