Build a HomeBrew Pre Water Chiller for a Plate Chiller
Brewing beer in Florida has a number of challenges due to the heat wave know as summer. A couple of these challenges include Fermentation temperatures and wort temperature for yeast pitching. To combat against the wort temperature for yeast pitching I purchased a
Therminator from Blichmann Engineering. However, my purchase had one fatal flaw. I did not take into account the high ground water temperature in Florida.
After my first use of the Terminator the wort temperature was at 79 degrees. This temperature was higher than my target temp and this was not even the hottest time of the year. This is when I decided to build a pre water chiller for the Terminator. I took a run down to my local hardware store and ended up with the following parts to hack together the pre water chiller
Parts for Pre Water Chiller
1 x 50′ hose (Already had) 1 x Cooler (Already had) 1 x 2′ 1/2″ tubing2 x female hose repair ends
2 x 3/4″ male to 1/2″ Bard 2 x 1/4′”- 3/8″ hose clamps 1 x 50′ 3/8″ copper tubing
