counter flow chiller & cold break

[rossi74]

hi just a quick question

how is the clod break filtered using a counter flow chiller
i'm about to build a chiller for my first brew and not sure whether to go with counter flow or a ribcage immersion

thanks for any advise

happy brewing

ps i think i'm now hooked

[lancsSteve]

It's not - the cold break comes from being cooled so if you use counterflow it goes into the vessel you put the wort in (usually the FV) - not necessarily a terrible thing as yeast will use it as food.

Immersion chillers are generally easier to make, clean, sterilise and use...

If you recirculate wort over them they can be as if not more efficient using a little bit of silicon hose (see THBF for sale page at http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewt ... =37&t=4820 or the homebrew shop for buying it by the metre http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... pment.html ) , a small inline DC pump that's food safe and heat tolerant (like http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/24095 ... _pump.html) and then build it recirculating following guide at http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php and you'd do real well.

[Wolfy]

For most beers having the cold break in the fermentor is not a problem.
However if you are making a very clean style of beer (like some lagers) you can cool the fermentor in the fridge for some hours before transferring the wort to a different fermenter , before pitching the yeast, and leaving the break material behind.

[rossi74]

cheers for the replies guys, just built myself a nice little ribcage immersion chiller.

quite impressed with my self.

[Naich]

cheers for the replies guys, just built myself a nice little ribcage immersion chiller.

quite impressed with my self.

Piccies!

[rossi74]

sorry don't know how to put pics on

[Naich]

This might help.

[rossi74]

thanks naich think i may have cracked it , i hope

here it is just need a couple of washing machine valves to fix hoses to

[Naich]

Nice work! Have you got a cunning way of suspending it, or does it sit on the rim on its inlet/outlet pipes?

[rossi74]

fits perfect in my boiler (only by chance) so i just hang it from a piece of pipe i sit on the top the boiler and under the inlet/outlet.

can't wait to try it out, just got to wait until i get back off holiday. (dam)