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by Chris
on 3/18/2019
from Salinas
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For 22 years I’ve used an immersion chiller and I’m blown away at how much more efficient and quicker this counterflow chiller is.
Wort leaves the kettle and enters this chiller at around 200-210 degrees Fahrenheit and leaves this chiller at 54 degrees. It takes around 15 minutes to gravity feed out of the brew pot through the ball valve. With the old immersion chiller I would usually loose patience after 20 minutes of chilling and dump the wort into the fermentor at around 80 degrees which is to warm. The cooling is painstakingly slow from 100 down to 70 with an immersion chiller but not with this counterflow ! It all happens in one pass through. |
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by Gustave R.
on 4/3/2018
from Hicksville, NY
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I was a little spoiled by my old 50' chiller as I had to slow down the wort flow through this 25' model to cool properly. Get the Q96 tubing kit and you'll be brewing immediately. Remember to sanitize before use and blow out the water if you're storing it in an unheated area in winter. |
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by Ken
on 1/24/2018
from TX
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First time I've ever used a counter flow, AWESOME!!! The flow thru thermometer showed 70 degrees into the keg. So much faster and easier than immersion chiller. |
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by Edgar
on 10/2/2017
from Boise, Idaho
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First, if you are using a garden hose from an exterior hose bib, put a flow restrictor in front of the cold water in, so you don't rupture side wall of the chiller like I did. Williams stood behind the product so it really wasn't a big deal, just an inconvenience to me. Even with the chiller sidewall blown out, this chiller chilled my wort to yeast pitching temperature in less than 30 minutes. Works perfectly and efficiently, on my next batch I'm going to attempt to run the child wort directly to my fermenter instead of back into my brew kettle. I believe that one pass through will bring a boiling wort to less the 70 degrees, of course, that would depend on the temperature of your cold water. |
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by Jon Sharrock
on 9/1/2017
from Washington
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Have only brewed one batch so far but this brought my wort from 200 degrees to 76 in about 15 minutes. I had to rig up some stainless steel compression fittings, ball valve and in line thermometer to make it more convenient to use. Welds look good and no leaking. |
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