Hey everyone I want to get a plate chiller, I currently have a copper coil chiller and still takes quite awhile to chill my wort to pitching temp. I was looking at the therminator but theres no way in hell I am spending 200 bones for that, I have been seeing many on amazon.com that are between 75-112 bucks any suggestions on which ones are the best? 30 plate, 40 plate etc etc. Thanks
Deal with plate chillers are the more plates you add, the faster the chilling times should be, the longer the plate chiller, the more efficient it should be. I have a duda diesel 30 plate chiller and opted for the longer version, so the B3-23A version and very happy with its performance.
We use this guy: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/shirron-plate-chiller.html But we also have 2 copper immersion chillers in ice buckets that the water goes through before it gets to the plate chiller...Saturday we got 11 gallons from boiling to <60*F in a 1/2 hour. That was all gravity-fed too, no motors. I'm pretty happy with it.
I second the 30 plate Duda Diesel. Can chill boiling to 50 degrees instantly using a pump and pre chiller.
Can someone provide a quick and dirty plate chiller over view? A brief process, parts, connections type of thing? I'm pretty sure I want one, but I am just so cheap, that it may never happen without some convincing.
Unless you want to brew lagers regularly, there are much cheaper/easier alternatives for homebrewers...just say'in
