DeRoux's Broux
Well-Known Member
has anyone had a copper chiller corrode and ruin a batch of wort during chilling? the guy that's building my system has been making immersion chillers out of stainless for the past couple of years, because he said some of the guy's in my club have had that happen to them? i know (as does the builder) that the copper transfers heat better, but these chillers are pretty damn nice! it'll cool a 10 g batch (or 5) pretty quick. they weld garden hose fitting where the posts of a corny keg go, fill the corny w/ two 7 lb bags of ice. then attach the chiller to the hose, and run ice water through the chiller, rather than using a pre-chiller. they say it's more effective and the stainless will last forever.......
i just hate to spend another $100 when i have a fairly new copper chiller (for 5 g). it only takes one batch to get ruined i guess?????
i just hate to spend another $100 when i have a fairly new copper chiller (for 5 g). it only takes one batch to get ruined i guess?????