Rather than shelling out $30-$60 for a wort chiller I decided to make one myself, just like many other homebrewers out there. I had some questions about making one, so when I built mine I took pictures along the way to help out others in making there own chillers.
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So your thinking about moving up to all-grain brewing or at least to full wort boiling (the next logical step in the evolution of a homebrewer), and your friends at the club meeting or down at the homebrew supply shop tell you ought to get a wort chiller. ... Are the store bought ones better than homemade? As you query...
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Ok guys and gals... I've been trying to design an immersion chiller that will cut my cooldown rate by a factor of 3.
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Sep 24, 2007 ... A counterflow wort chiller. A homemade counterflow wort chiller. The Counterflow wort chiller or "CFC" is a standalone heat exchanger built ...
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Ok this is the 3rd and hopefully the last wort chiller I have to build. My system has evolved from an Immersion Chiller with a motorized stirrer, to a homemade CFC, to this latest design. I built this one to overcome the almost year around high temp of my tap water.
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Apr 8, 2006 ... Beer Forum discussion of: Store help for homemade wort chiller in Homebrewing.
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I built a counterflow wort chiller of the garden-hose variety, like many others out there. I mostly followed the typical pattern. I chose to use 1/2″ copper tubing fittings to make the ends, similar to other designs I’ve seen. ... Homemade Decals...
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Counter-flow Wort Chiller Plans ... 3. Since the stops have been filed out, the 3/8-in chiller tubing passes all the way thru and is solderd in place. I did this to avoid a compression fitting here. I hate compression fittings, they invariably leak. ... I attach the wort-out to a pump (this is to avoid HSA) and voila!
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It was finally nice enough outside today for me to take some photos of my home made wort chiller. Instead of spending the 40+ to purchase one of these and wait a few days for delivery, I decided to stop by Home Depot and pick up the things needed to make one.
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