Make Your Own Immersion Wort Chiller in 15 Minutes 

Based on what I am reading in the comments bellow folks just don't follow the "if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all". Thanks for taking the time to post this video. If the goal is cooling wort I'd say you made a device that will do that just fine.

Watched this last night while I was working got off at 7 a.m. went to the gym hit a nap and then went to Lowe's and bought everything. Thank you it saved me a ton!!!

I made my own wort chiller years ago. Here are a couple thoughts. I would make sure to bend the inlet and outlet below the upper lip of the pot and pointing downward to prevent water from creeping into the chilling wort. Eventually your hose connector or outlet hose will leak and allow the unsanitized water to get into your wort. The poly tubing was loose and you definitely need a clamp on the tubing to seal it. Your inlet should go to the bottom of the pot first to push air bubbles out of the tubing. The air bubbles do not carry off as much heat as water, increasing the time necesssary to cool your wort. Hope it helps.

I found a dishwasher elbow 3/8 compression to 3/4 hose for $6 at Lowes. No need to convert twice like you did. Bought a new garden hose just for brewing. Works great. Thanks for the video.

Your neighbor calling out to you was precious!

Thanks for the great video! Just an FYI, garden hose adapter fittings are available in 3/8, 1/2 & 3/4" pipe thread. No need to use a 1/2 x 3/4 pipe bushing. As a rule, I try to avoid as many extra fittings as possible since each joint means another spot that can leak.

Great video! Really helpful for a guy like me who needs to save cash wherever he can. Although when i was making mine i noticed buy using copper tubing with a 13mm diameter there is no need for all the extra fittings. This way you can just slide the garden hose snugly over the copper tubing and clamp it just like he does with his out end.

LOL love the part where your neighbor yells 'hi'

6:39 you folded it!! However If you used a spring over the copper it wouldn’t damage the line. Used this concept to make brake lines. And you can find a spring for this at a auto parts store in case anyone else wants to know.

Helpful video! Thanks for making it. I might do this instead of spending the money from my local supply place.

thanks for the video! when I made my wort chiller, I skipped using any special compression fittings, using the 3/8" id tubing with the 3/8" od copper tubing worked just fine, just slip the plastic tubing over the copper tubing for a water tight fit, and seal it with some stainless hose clamps, works great! you are dealing with a fairly low pressure application. same result, but could save you a few bucks.

If you fill the copper tubing with water and freeze the water you can bend the tubing much easier, and the ice prevents the tubing from kinking.

I'm no plumber, and also mean no ill, but your teflon tape will seal better if wrapped in the same direction you're going to screw on your fitting, so that when you screw your fitting on, you do not risk unwrapping your teflon tape at the same time as you are screwing on your fitting.

This guy should build his own tube bender next. 6:38...aaaaaaand....kinks the fuck out of it. Perfect!

For future reference you "don't" use teflon tape on a compression fitting.

Will watch the updated video ext. Doesn't it seem like ANY projects like this take longer than SWMBO would like. Or is it just me? I'll price compare DIY to LHBS, but thanks for the visual. Edit: Link to the updated video is broke.

Thanks for posting that. I realized that after putting compression fittings on my bathroom sink.

thanks for the video. I would like to punch 2 holes in my stainless pot and get the wort chiller permanently attached to it. How do I make sure it is leakproof? thanks

Great video, thanks for sharing! Inspired me to make one of these.

I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but I would also make sure the ends of the copper tubing bend down past the lip of the pot on the outside so if anyone water runs along the piping, it won't run into your wort. From the video, it looked like they were at an upward angle.

hey man, this is a good video, but i wish you posted the exact parts you used in the about section. that would be very helpful!

Made the original (same way, almost) from an article I read in an early Home Brew 'Newspaper'→ just before the internet boom. ► 1995 ! Still use it today ! Although many, many things have changed....this hasn't ! nice !

At 10:55 are you sure you tightened it enough??

Waoww nice tutorial for chiler.. Forward the work greetings from the Junior

You should use a scissors to cut the Teflon tape that way you will net get small strings of tape in the system. If you want to be technical only wrap the tape 1 and a quarter to one and a half wraps around.

thanks pal, great video

Teflon tape is only used on pipe thread fittings. Compression fittings have their own seal built in to the fitting. You can actually cause leaks by using teflon tape or pipe dope where it doesn't belong.

Fill copper tubing with water and freeze. No more kinked pipe and slow bending.

man that was hard to watch. but I'll give you kudos for posting it

Great Video !!! I agree with the previous comment I would use a "Brass Fitting Dishwasher Elbow, 3/8-Inch C by 3/4-Inch FGH", to save a few steps and bucks. Im looking forward to making mine, thanks for the idea !

Guerilla wort chiller, love it! so how have you progressed in 5 years?

haha I found it chill too ladies sayin hi. Thanks for video by the way

What do you put ice in the popcorn ten? Also does that water run out everywhere all the time?

Great video!

is he the coach of Liverpool football club?

Good stuff may do similar myself if the cost of buying one in the UK is a stupid price, Cheers

also you can just use a pipe bender.

you don't put plumbers tape on the part you tighten on the pipe

No se el ingles pero las imágenes ayudan bastante te felicito me ayudaste a mejorar mi cerveza glager GRACIAS.

Thanks for the suggestion...done.

I just pour my wort on a bag of store bought ice. Chills it right down fast and never a contamination issue yet.

If you bend both ends to point down instead of straight out, it will cradle itself on the pot and be more stable.

How many gallons is the pot in the video? I’m thinking of going with a larger copper tube. Probably 3/4” and at 25’ for a ten gallon.

This could be a heat exchanger?

forgot the farring in the compression fittihg??? also it looked closer to flare and you need a flare kit for that.??? i could be wrong

(my 2cents) Get that copper tubing/vinyl tubing connection OUT of the pot. Even if you are super confident with your clamping job, if it does start leaking, you now have un boiled water dripping into your wort

Thank you, well done! Cheers!

Good job! Brew on!

your family says your brewing stinks really bad? time for a new family.

How does it cool your house if it is outside?

Thanks for posting. brew on!

I got one already made for $50.00 from Homebrew Supplise. nive video though ..

You wrapped the Teflon tape backwards

Tell me about it. I actually happen to love the smell too.

IS THE CHILLER IMPORTANT, CAN'T WE WAIT UNTIL IT COOL DOWN??

it helps to sulifane the hose end and get hose rubers they ware out a lot

You still use this all these years later?

You do know you can just slide you hose pipe on there and use a jubile clip to tighten it saves a lot of time and money !!

Great video! But I really think you need to impress upon your wife and kids that they are wrong and should feel bad. Brewing smells great! :)

Nice video. You should add your blog address in the "About" section for easy reference.

Looks like you never used wrenches before.

Gave me some ideas on what to do and what not to do, fun video to watch. However, bending tube doesn't stink up your house. Your wife needs to lighten up a bit.

that is wy god made home depoit and copper 90 degree conpression fittings to end up with inlet and outlet next to each other????

you do not need to use plumbers tape on compression fittings

You don't use tape on a compression fitting!!!

Isn't it cheaper to soder?

I wouldn't run my liquor through plastic hoses. I use all copper and stainless steel.

He did not put a faro on the 3/8 compression fitting , This will leak !!!

it's compression and you forgot a piece

Jurgen Klopp)))

yep, sooner or later men end up doing everything outside. That's how we became BBQ experts.

Somehow I find you awkward using hand tools 🤔

Next time use a pump and reuse the water, wasting water any other way

My wife loves the smell, and we brew together.

Cheers mate good vid , I do a no chill brew method and it works very well . Check it out some time on my channel

But the video is 16:22 😳

yeah you got it done but by your own admission, not pretty. Just tell people someone gave it to you. ..

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Replace your wife and kids.

Please stop making that clicking sound...

Dude, stick to getting tattoos.