I’m eyeing a jacketed conical and wondering if it’s possible to chill wort by first running cold tap water through the jacket, then draining and switching to glycol once it’s sub-90F or so. If this is feasible, how long might this take in an 8gal conical? I would be circulating the wort while pumping cold fluids in the jacket to maximize exposure to the cold walls.
This would be great because it’d mean I don’t need to worry about maintaining a separate chiller, whether immersion, plate etc provided this method is efficient enough. I also worry about how easy it is to switch between a water filled jacked to glycol. Obviously I don’t want water in my glycol system, or to waste glycol.
This would be great because it’d mean I don’t need to worry about maintaining a separate chiller, whether immersion, plate etc provided this method is efficient enough. I also worry about how easy it is to switch between a water filled jacked to glycol. Obviously I don’t want water in my glycol system, or to waste glycol.
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