Cooling in the boiler or the FV?

[fivetide]

After first being confused by the Art of Brewing website saying the cooler must be put in the FV not the boiler, I've noticed more and more JBK members' photo brew days featuring immersion chillers in buckets not boilers.

What are the pros and cons? I'd always been told to chill in the boiler and let the cold break filter through the hop bed but would be happy to learn more. Why do people take either route or both? I'd be genuinely interested to hear from anyone with firm convictions one way or the other. Cheers.

[Stonechat]

For me the IC goes in the boiler so the boil sterilizes it.

[Mashman]

Put it in the boiler.

[fivetide]

Subsub seems to chill in the bucket too, with his honey brew

[fivetide]

Subsub seems to chill in the bucket too, with his honey brew

EDIT


Ohhhhh, I seeeee! That's a bucket boiler isn't it? Ignore me...

[subsub]

I chill in the boiler for sterilization purposes

[ni9e]

I believe the poster concerned was worried that the IC would damage the element if he put it into the boiler. Andy pointed out it wouldn't.

Your right I was but in future I'll put it in the boiler my IC I mean.

My IC was sitting in sterilizing solution and only rinsed 5 mins before being placed in FV hope this helps.

[buzzrtbi]

it is mainly so the cold breakstays in the boiler as it filters through the boiler screen/hop trub rather than ending up with it in the FV.

commercial breweries remove the cold break with a hop back or similar filtration system I believe as they tend to use a system of heat exchangers rather than immersion coolers?