postalbunny
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anyone have the dimensions on the exterior of the stout unit? Considering upgrading over the kegco stainless... need to be sure this unit would fit under my brewstand.
From their website.anyone have the dimensions on the exterior of the stout unit? Considering upgrading over the kegco stainless... need to be sure this unit would fit under my brewstand.
Still have the Shell and tube, sitting on a shelf with my copper chillzilla. I have a stainless one that Williams sold a few years back. I debated running both the Shell and tube with my CFC, but I like simple. Rather have one efficient unit.
Are you talking about the KegCo stainless CFC?kegworks CFC
Are you talking about the KegCo stainless CFC?
You use the shell tube at all? Wondering how that worked for you. Need to chill 1bbl batches and cfc probably not gonna cut it.
Which plate chiller are you using? Did you end up selling your CFC's?i do the same... recirc back into the kettle. however, the temp drop on the kegco one was not sig enough. i have 40degF water due to using an something similar to an icebath. i would get a good drop first few passss, 212degF to 130fegF, then tempz would drop to around 95-100 when inlet temps were 130. but toward the end with 40degF water instead of hose water i would struggle to get down below 70 exit with 80-85 inlet. to go from 212 to 65 using a combo of hose water (texas 85deg water) and ice eater (35degf) would take over 30m on a 5g batch
the stout cfc was faster to chill from 212 to 65, aprox 15-20 minutes. the flow rate was slower, but the temp delta was more than compensating.
the plate chiller beats the pants off both... basically single pass so im chilling the kettle down to 65 in aprox 5-10 min. i have to use a hop spider or filter though.
ill prob be listing both my CFCs in used section if your still wanting one. imo, the plate chiller is cheaper unless you count the price of an SS hop spider.
Which plate chiller are you using? Did you end up selling your CFC's?
No problem! I'm laying the full court press down for Father's Day with the family right now, so I'll post pictures if/when I get one.
I really hope Stout does well with this one; the Kegco one was really the only stainless counterflow option on the market before this came out, but it isn't enough surface area to be effective. If I'm going to drop $200 for something, I want it to be worth it. If it sells well, other manufacturers will take notice and start putting new stuff out.
I'd really like it if Exchillerator were available with a stainless tube; I like the design of those with the plastic wire wrap on the outer surface of the tube and using PEX for the outer tube should keep the cost lower. I don't know if I'll wait though - the Stout one looks way too sweet and is basically the same price as a copper Exchillerator Maxx but has a longer and wider wort tube (31ft & 12mm diameter vs. 25ft & 3/8" diameter).
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