Getting my kit together and first BIAB is not far away. I've been trawling through the site and looking at different methods of chilling. I have an immersion chiller on the way and note that some folk agitate the chiller to improve cooling efficiency. I've even seen posts discussing mechanical agitation to speed the chilling.
That said, I have a glycol temprite keg system with a flooded font. Would it be OK to tap into the glycol system (food grade) and run it through the chiller? It seems to me to be less wasteful of water and likely to cool the wort reasonably quickly.
What do you think? Can I chill too fast? Would it even work?
Cheers
Bob
Post #2 made 14 years ago
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As long as you don't have a leak or in some other way contaminate the wort than go ahead. The faster you get it to pitching temperature the better. Good Luck!
As long as you don't have a leak or in some other way contaminate the wort than go ahead. The faster you get it to pitching temperature the better. Good Luck!
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Post #3 made 14 years ago
Hi there Bob,
What you'd need to do is use normal water until your wort got down to say 40 C and then switch over to the glycol. If you used glycol from the strat, it would get very hot very quickly. e.g. If you had 25 litres of glycol at say - 10 C and wanted to chill 25 litres of wort, you will only get down to about 45 C.
It could also be a bit of a PITA setting this thing up. A pre-chiller in the glycol (if possible) used towards the end would be easiest but won't save your water. Mind you, only a small trickle is really needed once you get down to the low temps.
Cheers,
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What you'd need to do is use normal water until your wort got down to say 40 C and then switch over to the glycol. If you used glycol from the strat, it would get very hot very quickly. e.g. If you had 25 litres of glycol at say - 10 C and wanted to chill 25 litres of wort, you will only get down to about 45 C.
It could also be a bit of a PITA setting this thing up. A pre-chiller in the glycol (if possible) used towards the end would be easiest but won't save your water. Mind you, only a small trickle is really needed once you get down to the low temps.
Cheers,
PP
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Post #4 made 14 years ago
Good Day, We might say, How SLOW can we chill, and not use any water???
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Post #5 made 14 years ago
Thanks all
I might be over-thinking this BIAB thing and should probably have a couple of goes first and see how I go.
Cheers
Bob
I might be over-thinking this BIAB thing and should probably have a couple of goes first and see how I go.
Cheers
Bob
