mini micro-brewing

[NH3LVR]

Old thread. Glad to see it revived.
Wort chillers are easy. All I did was to take 25 feet of 1/2 inch soft copper and wind it around something round. I set it in my brew pot after the boil. I have a connection I hook a garden hose. The other side goes to a hose I run onto the ground. It cools 5 gallons from boiling to fermented temperature in about 25 minutes.

[eggs]

Old thread. Glad to see it revived.
Wort chillers are easy. All I did was to take 25 feet of 1/2 inch soft copper and wind it around something round. I set it in my brew pot after the boil. I have a connection I hook a garden hose. The other side goes to a hose I run onto the ground. It cools 5 gallons from boiling to fermented temperature in about 25 minutes.

I have read up on these systems but it wasn't enough of a man toy......and it is a waste of water.

I thought of maybe putting a heat exchanger on some flexi lines and connecting it up to a condenser so that it can be dipped in the wort........or something I could spend a bit more time in the garage with, away from the wife.....like an aquarium water chiller but a bit faster.

Hmmmm

Eggs

[NH3LVR]

I am willing to waste a little bit of water to make good beer!