Chilling the boiled wort with a beer line chiller

[BrewStew]

i've thought of some more uses for the line chiller i'll be getting tomorrow from the local pub (if it works)

do you think it's possible to chill the wort with a beer line chiller alone? if not do you think it'll speed up chilling time if i used the beer line cooler inbetween my tap and the IC?

 

[Parva]

You really don't want to be putting boiling hot wort through it. I doubt you would notice any improvements by putting the water through the chiller prior to the IC, tap temperature isn't that far off chiller temperature now.

 

[Aleman]

You will loose the ice bank in very short order.

Using it to prechill the tap water during the summer is a good idea. I do it when the temperature of the wort has been dropped to 35 C. Then switch the coolant hoses over to the beer chiller and drop the coolant temp.