It is much different, it's a counterflow chiller. The construction of it is such that the wort flows through a copper coil inside the garden hose and water flows through the garden hose outside the copper in the opposite direction (counterflow). As the water circulates it draws heat out of the wort so you get cold water in > hot water out and hot wort in > cold wort out. You can adjust (to a degree) the temperature of the wort coming out by regulating the flow of cold water in. I've been in a position to pitch a lager yeast at 50 degrees immediately after chilling with this thing but by turning down the water flow a little I can keep it just warm enough that it's ready for an ale yeast @ 70 degrees.
The immersion chiller you have is an inexpensive way of getting the job done quicker than submerging the kettle in an ice bath but this really speeds things up. It's not a necessity but if you have a kettle with a spigot like mine, so you can flow directly from the kettle to the fermenter, it's a convenient luxury.
NEAT. The one you gave me certainly gets the job done, although I destroyed the threads on the faucet putting an adapter on. Wife isn't too happy about that.
NEAT. The one you gave me certainly gets the job done, although I destroyed the threads on the faucet putting an adapter on. Wife isn't too happy about that.
NEAT. The one you gave me certainly gets the job done, although I destroyed the threads on the faucet putting an adapter on. Wife isn't too happy about that.
Looking good!
I cooked up a Dark Porter last night. Still no activity in the air lock, 14 hours later... I'm not worried though, I'm having a home brew..
I can't imagine how fast a counter flow chiller brings the temp down, my immersion chiller works crazy fast...
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