Immersion Chiller

bigears

Does anyone use an immersion chiller to cool their wort? Can you buy one over here? I know you can make them but I want to see how much one would cost first.

oblivious

Just got one this week for hop and grape, they are around 24 Stg not including p+p, here is a link to make one if you’re interested.

http://www.allaboutbeer.com/homebrew/equip/chiller.html

bigears

24 stg is not bad. Can't imagine making one would be that much cheaper to make it worthwhile. How much was postage?

oblivious

I got around 4 pound of grain and yeast with that order, but think p+p it was 15 Stg for everything

bigears

Cheers oblivious. I'll have to add it to my list

noby

Séan is the man to talk to about making one.
I'm planning on pricing a few hardware items over the weekend to slowly creep towards AG. I'll let you know how I get on.

oblivious

Making you’re our Immersion Chiller sweet

rubadub

Frozen 2 litres bottles of water.

guildofevil

I made my own from some copper pipe, clear plastic hose and garden hose fittings.

It works very well, chilling my full wort boil down to pitching temp in 15-20 minutes.

It is, however, an ugly bugger and was a pain in the ass to make.

If I were you I would buy the one from Hop and Grape.

Séan

bigears

was a pain in the ass to make.

If I were you I would buy the one from Hop and Grape

This is precisely why I was thinking of shelling out for one.

beardybrewer

I recently purchased the very same chiller. It works very well and has made my life so much easier. Especially now with the groundwater getting so ice-cold I cooled down my wort from boiling to 24C in less than 10 minutes (only a 4 liter pot tho).

Adeptus Titanicus

Resurrecting an old thread here with a quick query for those who bought the immersion chiller from hop and grape. What size is the chiller itself in terms of the diameter and height, and the gauge of the pipe used? It's hard to tell from the photo on their site.

I was going to try making one myself if I can get the mats cheap enough, but Woodies and B&Q sell 10m of 10mm copper pipe for just under €30. Does the H&G one come with hoses and fittings?

The H&G one is now about €40, while the Hop Shop is €65. Brouwland's is €90!

bigears

I don't know the dimensions off hand but I'll get a rough measurement tonight if I remember. It's smaller than I expected and only gets about half way down a fermenting bucket when hanging off the edge. Having said that it seems to work pretty well. I have an outside tap with a hose connected at the back door leading into the kitchen. When I'm using it I just bring the hose inside and use it by the kitchen sink. You can push the hose directly onto the input pipe and the water flows out the output side into the sink.

oblivious

Their a very nice piece of kit, I cooled down my wort in around 20 minutes or so, well worth having

oisinb

I built an immersion chiller from copper pipe and and garden hose. Bought a big roll of copper pipe from a plumbing suppliers in Ranelagh (I think its called Smallmans) for around €30. There was way more than I needed but it will come in handy for other jobs.
I bent it into shape by carefully coiling it around a large pot, and use a spring pipe bender for the tighter curves around the top where the ends are. I then attached two lenghts of garden hose using those pipe clamps that you screw to tighten. One end connects to the tap for the cold water, the other is for the outlet.

Works really well and saves loads of time on brew day. Its also great cause I'm not worried about infection while the wort is cooling cause its very fast.