I’m reading my BYO magazine (thanks Todd!) and looking at kegging systems. Along the way I stumbled across what is possibly the most ghetto homebrew idea I’ve ever seen: Bottling in empty 2 liter bottles. Like, people respect the homebrew. Clearly there is some care, some class involved in crafting your own ale or lager. However, all that goes out the window if you’re seen pouring out of a re-used 7-UP bottle.
Jen points out that a 2 liter is much larger than a 40 … making this the ghetto beer delivery vehicle of choice. I’m thinking that this might have to be done … perhaps in support of a party this summer. Who’s in?
Oh yeah, technolope: This is the wort chiller you were probably imagining: The Therminator is a stainless steel plate-type wort chiller, a miniature version of the plate chillers that the pros use. It is, unquestionably, the fastest way to chill your wort to yeast pitching temperature. The Therminator will chill 10 gallons of boiling wort to pitching temperature within 5 minutes when using 58°F cooling water at 5 gpm. This super-efficient chiller uses less water than any other chiller on the market, and is especially great for brewers in souther climates! The plates and fittings are all 316 stainless steel; they have been brazed together with pure copper in an oxygen-free furnace. There is no potential for leaking, as in a gasketed unit The fittings for the water are garden hose threads, and the wort side uses 1/2″ male NPT fittings. This chiller has tremendously low restriction, making it ideal for gravity feed (no pumps required).
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