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Did my first (almost) full boil extract brew yesterday in a new 30qt turkey fryer. I had been doing Festa Brews before and I really enjoyed actually making the wort.

Anyway, cooling down the wort took longer then I liked, so I am looking for a wort chiller now. Any suggestions on what and where to get it? Would 25' be enough? I could just buy one at NG, but it seems a bit pricey. I could make one, but the copper seems so expensive that pre-made seems not that bad of a deal. My sister-in-law is going to go shopping in Bangor in a couple of weeks. Is there a place there that would have a good deal on one?

Thanks!

More is better with chillers, so it depends on what size your kettle is. No point buying 50' of copper if it wont all fit in the pot. I use an 8 gal pot, and 30' is what fills mine. And works great. 200 > 75 in 15 min.

I have a counter flow that I got in a deel and never used.

Sandy

I had the same 30qt turkey pot to start and made a 25' immersion chiller out of 3/8" copper from Rona. I think the copper was running somewhere around $24-$25. It took somewhere in the range of 25 minutes to chill down to 70 degrees.

I've since made a counter flow chiller out of the same 25' of copper, some wire and a 5/8" garden hose and that chills everything down in 10-12 minutes.

@Sandy Are you offering to sell?

@LeafMan Hmmm, maybe it isn't as expensive as I thought to make one myself. $25 is much better than $90. Thanks for the info.

[quote="HoweFox"]@Sandy Are you offering to sell?

Sure. I have no idea of the value.

Sandy