wort chiller

So this question comes up a lot so I finally took the time and crunched the numbers. People often ask, 'how can I make my chiller more efficient?' An answer that commonly pops up is, 'add a wire to the inner diameter of the tube to increase turbulence.' I often chime in to say I am 90% sure that...

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I've been reading a lot about how much to stir wort during a chill and decided to do the following on a 1-gallon batch: -Evening before before: Sanitize a tray and 16 oz. stainless steel water bottle, fill with ice water in freezer, leaving room for expansion (cap on) -During boil: Fill an...

Mash tun, HT,LT with thermo, transfer bucket, fermentation bucket, 2 Pepsi keg's with quick connects, burner, wort chiller, cleaning items and bottle rack, extra growlers and seals. Co2 canister with gages. These items are all new and have not been used , besides the Pepsi keg's. All are 1/4...

TL;DR: What is your process for wort-filtering before chilling? I'm looking at counterflow & plate chillers. (Not looking for advice there -- yet! That'll be a different thread, when the time comes. Focus! ;) ) It seems to me that, for any chiller that the wort flows through -- i.e., not an...

Brand-New Keg Cowboy 40-Plate Wort Chiller (AKA: Brazed Plate heat Exchanger). Was going to use this for my Brutus build that never happened. $80 shipped.

Hello, I'm a relatively new brewer, six 5-gallon extract brews under my belt. I feel like I'm steadily improving with each batch. I've come a long way from my first batch, a pale ale that ended up getting dumped, that was brewed on an electric stove in a 3 gallon stockpot. I now have an...

After moving into the new house, I've been boiling wort at the stove instead of outside. I then have to make the treacherous journey down a couple stairs and ~30 feet away from the stove to the back patio, all while carrying 50 lbs of boiling-hot wort. This is of course a bad idea, so I...

Doing a little clean-out and upgrading so I am getting rid of a few things. I am willing to ship everything below, but local pick-up and a drive within 90 miles or a good brewery ;) of 44004 is preferred. I was using the 5500 watt element on 120v (1375 watt draw). Also willing to trade for...

I am working on a plan for a double coil immersion chiller to replace the janky, poorly made IC I currently have (25' x 3/8" Single). I was going to do two 3/8" x 25' coils, attached using T-fittings that are sweated together, so that there is cold water flowing from the input through each of...

What is the necessary size of an immersion wort chiller to properly cool a full 5 gallon boil? Is a 25' copper chiller sufficient? Or will I need at least a 50' to cool a full boil?

This falls under the dumb question category. When hooking up an immersion type wort chiller does it matter if the water flows top of coil to bottom or from bottom up? Also, I saw a youtube video where a guy said that slowing the rate of flow actually cools better than having the water...

I just made a wort chiller and have a question about the copper. This is probably the second time I've soldered something and my copper has turned a black color near the elbows where I solder. I've attached a picture so you could see what I'm talking about. Should I use some kind of cleaner or...