I can see the value of a wort chiller now

[Al-Loves-Wine]

Nice, where did you pick yours up from Jeff? hopdawgs is the short version.

[pliny]

Considering how long it is taking for the brew pot to chill, even sitting in the snow bank, it is taking forever!

More important than saving time, chilling quickly is better for the end quality your product. When you flameout, DMS production continues - apparently until you hit 140F.
DMS (dimethyl sulfide), contributes cooked-corn aromas to beer.  Not to mention the risk of contamination is higher when leaving the kettle to chill for hours - even with the cover on.

[Chris Craig]

Check this out: http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php

Pliny's right.  It's far more important to get all wort below 140F as quickly as possible.  If it takes 30 minutes to chill 20 gallons of beer, as fakr says, then a good part of your wort is sitting at a high temp waiting to be chilled and producing DMS.  And, the aroma from the last hop addition degrades.

The video below shows a test where I bring 5 gallons of water from boiling to 120F in 3:25.  That's what you should aim for. 

[jeffsmith]

Nice, where did you pick yours up from Jeff? hopdawgs is the short version.

Brewhardware.com about a year and a half ago.

[Two Wheeler]

Thanks for sharing the article Chris... did you build yourself? I assume Fhilo hooked you up at Eddy, what was the cost? And I beleive you said you were using the brew pump from OBK?

[Chris Craig]

Fhilo did hook me up.  It's 50' of 1/2" ACR copper.  I got the elbows, garden hose fittings from him too.  I think it was about $55-60 for the materials.  I built one for me, and one for my brother-in-law at the same time.  It took an hour for the 2 of them.

I was using a pump like the one from OBK, but I've since upgraded to a Chugger that I bought from Hopdawgs.ca.  It's a much better pump.  I still have that old pump, but I haven't decided if I'm going to use it for anything or not.

[Two Wheeler]

I do have an immersion chiller, but it's a fair bit smaller. I might try using a pump to get a whirlpool flowing and see how that helps. Currently I have to manually stir it every 2-3 mins.

[Chris Craig]

Good plan.

[Two Wheeler]

OBK said on Facebook that they were having a sale for one hour only tonight, on their plate chiller, starting around 9:30 our time I think

http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/Counterflow_Wort_Chiller_Homebrew_p/counterflow-chiller.htm

[Roger]

Nice! You getting one?

[Chris Craig]

I'll split shipping with you @Two Wheeler if you want...

[Al-Loves-Wine]

I'd third the shipping with you.

[Chris Craig]

You want the chiller @Al-Loves-Wine ?

[Al-Loves-Wine]

Yup!

[Chris Craig]

Ok.  I'm placing the order now.