Wort cooling

[big yogi]

Hi guys
last resort before selling my kit.

I have moved house and i don't have a tap that would fit a hose to it.
Are there any other way's that i can cool the wort without using the wort chiller?
I have a spare maxi chiller but was told the hot wort might damage it.
Any feedback would be appreciated, I don't want to go back to kits if i don't need too.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Hi big Yogi, you could do no chill which a lot on here do including me even though i have 2 chillers, after the boil let it rest awhile then transfer to fv put the lid on and leave over night pitch yeast the following day

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Do you not have any taps? or no hose fitting tap?

 

[HarryFlatters]

I use one of these to go over my tap to hook up to my immersion chiller

https://www.hozelock.com/product/mixer-tap-connector/

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I use one of these on my tap in my brew room ( wife calls it the laundry). It's for a round tap.


This is another option to fit a hose on a tap
https://www.hozelock.com/product/mixer-tap-connector/

 

[RoomWithABrew]

You beat me to it Harry.

 

[Stevieboy]

Got a bath?

 

[RichK]

I've got a large (50L) plastic tank I fill with water which is then gravity fed through the chiller coil then through a hose to a drain. Have a Hozelock tap connector to fill the tank which runs from the kitchen sink - tank is filled at any convenient time (when kitchen not in use).

 

[big yogi]

Do you not have any taps? or no hose fitting tap?

yeah i have bath and sink taps but they are very large mixer taps, i would't get anything to put over them.

 

[big yogi]

I've got a large (50L) plastic tank I fill with water which is then gravity fed through the chiller coil then through a hose to a drain. Have a Hozelock tap connector to fill the tank which runs from the kitchen sink - tank is filled at any convenient time (when kitchen not in use).

i have only got a 1 bed flat, don't have the space

 

[chillipickle]

Post a picture of your taps, i bet there is a solution out there!!

 

[RoomWithABrew]

How about taking the shower head off the hose and then you could connect to that, the thread is a standard size can't remember which. Or unscrew hose from mixer and attach there. Not so good if you don't have a shower.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Large mixer tap in kitchen as well? Dishwasher or washing machine in your flat?

 

[big yogi]

Got a bath?

yes, that's a possibility, i can fill it up with cold water and leave the wort to cool.

 

[big yogi]

Hi big Yogi, you could do no chill which a lot on here do including me even though i have 2 chillers, after the boil let it rest awhile then transfer to fv put the lid on and leave over night pitch yeast the following day

This looks like the way i will do my next batch, are there no risk of infection doing this way?

 

[big yogi]

Thanks guys for all your feed back, much appreciated

 

[big yogi]

Large mixer tap in kitchen as well? Dishwasher or washing machine in your flat?

Have a washing machine but not a big kitchen, good idea though

 

[DCBC]

It must be possible. If your kitchen tap is relatively modern with an aerator then you have a thread you can get started with.

This is my brewery tap, it's a bit Heath Robinson but I have:

- The bit at the top where the black band is is where the aerator would screw on
- Instead I have screwed on a female to female connector with the same thread (long smooth bit) - I can't remember now if this is the aerator itself or a connector I bought separately. If it's the aerator then it is threaded at both ends.
- Into that I have screwed a [aerator thread size?] -> 1/2" BSP reducer
- And a cam lock type A completes it

This gives me a quick disconnect to allow me to use it as a tap but also to connect to my 1/2" BSP counterflow chiller (and, I think, most plate chillers etc). But I am sure you could attach cam locks to an immersion chiller if you wanted to.

If you need the exact dimensions of the [aerator thread size?] then I'm sure I can find it. Not sure if there is one industry standard thread.

Edit: looking at this I wonder if I have made it more complicated than I need so I am going to have a look at the weekend . But it works fine.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I fitted a splitter to our dishwasher supply ( same as washing machine supply ) with isolator so that the fridge water filter could have a cold main feed. You could attach a hose connector to that as it's a standard half inch bsp and then run a hosepipe to the bathroom ( sounds like your brew area).

 

[Rodcx500z]

This looks like the way i will do my next batch, are there no risk of infection doing this way?

I have never had one doing it this way, as long as you keep everything clean no probs