chrisluki
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I cant remember where i saw the idea, but it sounded pretty cool and i have splashed out to buy the bits.
Essentially, to speed up my wort chilling so that I can do a school night brew and waste less water, I am going to rig up a chilled water source and recirculating pump to my immersion chiller.
For the first few minute of my chill, when its pretty easy to get the temp down, i will run my usual garden hose through the chilling coil and collect the water for cleaning.
Then I plan to switch over to my secondary cooling where chilled water will be pumped through from a big eski via a recirculating pond pump. The water will be chilled with frozen coke cans filled with water (40 or so) and pumped through the coil and back into the eski.
I am thinking that this will get me to my target temp more quickly than my usual 30 - 40 minutes of tap water. Once done, i simply put all the cans back into my beer freezer for next time.
Thoughts? Anyone doing something similar?
Cheers
Chris
Essentially, to speed up my wort chilling so that I can do a school night brew and waste less water, I am going to rig up a chilled water source and recirculating pump to my immersion chiller.
For the first few minute of my chill, when its pretty easy to get the temp down, i will run my usual garden hose through the chilling coil and collect the water for cleaning.
Then I plan to switch over to my secondary cooling where chilled water will be pumped through from a big eski via a recirculating pond pump. The water will be chilled with frozen coke cans filled with water (40 or so) and pumped through the coil and back into the eski.
I am thinking that this will get me to my target temp more quickly than my usual 30 - 40 minutes of tap water. Once done, i simply put all the cans back into my beer freezer for next time.
Thoughts? Anyone doing something similar?
Cheers
Chris