Preparing immersion chiller for first use

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on November 5, 2009 at 1:11pm

I just gave mine a rub down with white vinegar to clean it then rinsed it off with the garden hose :o)

Then to make sure it doesnt infect my beer with anything I put it in with 30 mins to go on the boil...

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Permalink Reply by Patrick on November 5, 2009 at 1:19pm

Yeah, I might just do the same. Surely 10 minutes in the boil is as good as 30? Don't suppose it matters too much.

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on November 5, 2009 at 1:19pm

10 mins should be fine, id go 20 just to be sure tho :o)

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Permalink Reply by jt on November 5, 2009 at 1:33pm

Don't know why - but I add it at 15

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Permalink Reply by James P on November 5, 2009 at 2:15pm

Ditto.

The first time I used mine I washed it the the vinegar solution Rev said then chucked it in at 15. Although I thought it was bright when I cleaned it the first time it came out of the boil it looked like gold!

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Permalink Reply by Patrick on November 5, 2009 at 2:49pm

Interesting, I wil let you know how it goes, I am making a real simple beer so hopefully nothing too much can go wrong.

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on November 5, 2009 at 3:28pm

15 for me.

I never bother with vinegar when I've made them, I just use a tiny bit of soap to make sure there's no grease or anything on it.

Unless the copper is old, discoloured or oxidised then I use vinegar.

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Permalink Reply by martin w on November 5, 2009 at 6:43pm

mine just lives in the boil kettle as it seems to be the most convenient place to store it, so it also gets the full boil duration as a side benefit

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Permalink Reply by sid on November 9, 2009 at 10:29am

I added mine the first time 15 minutes before the end of the boil, and this dropped the the temp enough to stop the the rolling boil, which screwed up my time schedule......................so watch out for that.
I now just chuck it in, right at the end of the boil and let it sit for 10 minutes, the malt is still hot enough to kill off anything.

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