Immersion chiller

[andyctr]

Good evening all,
I am thinking of investing in an immersion wort chiller, the sort that H&G sell for around £27, i.e the copper coil type. can anyone tell me how well they work, I would be interetsed to know what sort of time this takes from boil to picthing temp around 25degs, I have thought about making my own but not sure how practical this would be, I see the local DIY store sells coils of 10mm pipe, Anyway any info the commercial version would be most welcome.
Regards for now
Andy

[BarrowBoy]

I usually let my wort stand for 15 mins after switch off then the H&G chiller gets it down to pitching temperature within about 25 mins - so, yes, quite effective.

Make sure, if you have a 10 gall boiler that the immersion chiller is long enough to reach down into a 5 gall brew (if you see what I mean).

[kinnockthecat]

I am thinking of investing in an immersion wort chiller, the sort that H&G sell for around £27, i.e the copper coil type. can anyone tell me how well they work

Very happy with mine, I can cool the wort down to pitching temp in about 30 to 40 mins or so. Obviously it also depends on the flow rate of coolant through the chiller.

[BarryNL]

Well, my copper coil cooler gets my wort from boiling to 25 degrees in around 20 mins - my tap water is around 15 degrees.

For 27 quid its a steal - I paid about 90 euros for mine which is about the cheapest they get over here. If you can make your own for less than 27 quid you are doing very well!

I'd get one - I did look into counterflow type chillers too but the real advantage of coil chillers is cleaning - you never really know whether a counterflow is clean or not, but a coil you can easily see.

[louthepoo]

I've got a shiny stainless steel chiller and if i stir the wort as its cooling it takes 15 mins.

best piece of equipment i've bought so far

[andyctr]

Enough said gentleman, thats swung in for me, just got to raid the wifes purse now.......I'll do that tomorrw when brewing as she usually heads out when I am boiling up, thanks for the replies as always most helpful. Good weekend to all.
Andy

[Vossy1]

just got to raid the wifes purse now.......I'll do that tomorrw when brewing as she usually heads out when I am boiling up

A woman, no lets get it right, even worse ...a wife who leaves the house without a purse

Very strange andyctr

[andyctr]

Doh!! Hadn't thought of that..........maybe I'll raid the handbag when she's sampled a glass or two of red wine next, I stear her down the red wine route as I would hate to have to share my precious homebrew!!!