Comments on: Chilling Your Brew: Building an Immersion Chiller

By: compression fittings

compression fittings — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:21:56 +0000

A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle. This liquid can then be circulated through a heat exchanger to cool air or equipment as required.

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:03:12 +0000

Technically you need to leave the chiller in boiling water for some time (15 min or more) while its still boiling to totally sanitize it. However, quite honestly I don’t sanitize mine – I just clean it the dust and junk off before dropping it in the boil. Other opinions on this?

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:34:35 +0000

I bought a chiller so when I use it does it have to be sanitized or is that taken care of when it drops in the hot wort? Thanks!

By: bads928

bads928 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:33:36 +0000

We can provide your industrial application with a complete turnkey solution for your cooling requirement and allow you to spread the cost monthly by renting your equipment.

By: joeldp144

joeldp144 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:02:25 +0000

I am currently building my immersion chiller out of 3/8″ OD copper tubing, and I am concerned that once I connect my hoses the weight of the hoses will cause my tubing to bend. Has anyone had problems with their water hoses damaging their chiller tubing?

By: jb

jb — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:16:25 +0000

A 90degree bend in soft copper is difficult, it might be better to use a 90 elbow to achieve this.

By: lehighsteve

lehighsteve — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:38:52 +0000

When bending the tube, I would recommend a spring tube bender for avoiding crimps. It’s essentially a spring that slides over the outside of the tube, distributing the force so you can’t concentrate too much pressure on too small of a spot. You can typically pick up multiple sized sleeves in a package for under $10 from a Lowes or Home Depot

By: Nomentero

Nomentero — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:20:14 +0000

Mine works.
I built a cooler with an extra coil for iced water and it works great !!
I can cool 20 liters from boil temp to 15 ºC in less than 20 minutes !!

By: DIY Immersion Chiller

DIY Immersion Chiller — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:04:25 +0000

Don’t forget to pick up a hose thread adapter to easily connect your garden hose to your kitchen faucet! If you live where it get’s cold, your outside pipes may freeze – so you can still effectively chill your wort inside your house in either the kitchen or bathroom!

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:31:27 +0000

You can avoid creasing/folding the copper by wrapping the tubing around a large coffee can, small bucket or corney keg. As long as you choose a cylindrical object with a large enough radius, forming the coil is not hard to do.

By: danrizzotte

danrizzotte — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:44:59 +0000

how do you avoid folding and creasing the copper tubing?