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Date: 06 Sep 2006 03:24:07
From: Steve/Aus
Subject: Plate Chillers
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From the auction I got four plate chillers. Each one is about 24" x 12" and
consists of a single layer stainless steel tube laid out in a type of folded
pattern and cast into aluminum about 2" thick.
One of these is in a 'miracle' box - a cooler with plate chiller and beer
tap (fill cooler with ice) for portable kegged beer.
The other three are also in miracle boxes but they are not fixed in - just
placed on the bottom of the cooler.
I am considering using one or more for wort chilling.
There are two ways I could take
1. Continue to use my immersion chiller - 60' of copper tube, chilling as
normal with water and then directing flow through a chiller placed in a
cooler with ice and use a pond pump.
2. Pump or gravity feed the wort through the chiller(s) placed in a cooler
with ice. This method has the drawback of making it more difficult to
separate the trub.
Has anyone else had experience with plate chillers and if so, what is the
preferred method?
Steve W (in Aus)
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 15:29:28
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Plate Chillers
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On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:24:07 GMT, <adlab@bigponddotnetdotau.trashthisbit > wrote:
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> From the auction I got four plate chillers. Each one is about 24" x 12" and
> consists of a single layer stainless steel tube laid out in a type of folded
> pattern and cast into aluminum about 2" thick.
> One of these is in a 'miracle' box - a cooler with plate chiller and beer
> tap (fill cooler with ice) for portable kegged beer.
> The other three are also in miracle boxes but they are not fixed in - just
> placed on the bottom of the cooler.
> I am considering using one or more for wort chilling.
I've got several of them that I use for serving beer. I don't think they
would work well for chilling. The plate would warm up too quickly and
I don't think you'd get a very effective chill using them. IMO, they're
good for low use situations, IE pouring a couple pints at a time through
them, but for chilling a whole batch I think they'd be relatively
ineffective.
John.
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 08:52:54
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: Plate Chillers
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Steve/Aus wrote:
> From the auction I got four plate chillers. Each one is about 24" x 12" and
> consists of a single layer stainless steel tube laid out in a type of folded
> pattern and cast into aluminum about 2" thick.
> One of these is in a 'miracle' box - a cooler with plate chiller and beer
> tap (fill cooler with ice) for portable kegged beer.
> The other three are also in miracle boxes but they are not fixed in - just
> placed on the bottom of the cooler.
> I am considering using one or more for wort chilling.
>
> There are two ways I could take
> 1. Continue to use my immersion chiller - 60' of copper tube, chilling as
> normal with water and then directing flow through a chiller placed in a
> cooler with ice and use a pond pump.
> 2. Pump or gravity feed the wort through the chiller(s) placed in a cooler
> with ice. This method has the drawback of making it more difficult to
> separate the trub.
> Has anyone else had experience with plate chillers and if so, what is the
> preferred method?
> Steve W (in Aus)
I'd just use the plate chillers for serving. If you're going to involve
ice water and a submersible pump, you might as well use your IC, pumping
ice-water through it after the wort has dropped below 100F or so. You
can easily get down to the mid-40s this way.
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 06:37:04
From: Sammus
Subject: Re: Plate Chillers
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Steve/Aus wrote:
> From the auction I got four plate chillers. Each one is about 24" x 12" and
> consists of a single layer stainless steel tube laid out in a type of folded
> pattern and cast into aluminum about 2" thick.
> One of these is in a 'miracle' box - a cooler with plate chiller and beer
> tap (fill cooler with ice) for portable kegged beer.
> The other three are also in miracle boxes but they are not fixed in - just
> placed on the bottom of the cooler.
> I am considering using one or more for wort chilling.
>
> There are two ways I could take
> 1. Continue to use my immersion chiller - 60' of copper tube, chilling as
> normal with water and then directing flow through a chiller placed in a
> cooler with ice and use a pond pump.
> 2. Pump or gravity feed the wort through the chiller(s) placed in a cooler
> with ice. This method has the drawback of making it more difficult to
> separate the trub.
> Has anyone else had experience with plate chillers and if so, what is the
> preferred method?
> Steve W (in Aus)
I just whirlpool - if you do it properly you shouldn't get any trub. If
your really worried drain it into another vessel through some kind of
filter (like hop bag/hopsock material) then go from there through the
chiller. Or if you dont like waiting 30mins for a whirlpool to do its
thing properly, you could put several outlets down the side of your
kettle draining from each one successivly as the wort clears till you
reach the bottom one (I think big breweries do it this way) *shrugs*
food for thought hopefully
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