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technical brewing articles

Making A Counter Flow Chiller (CFC) to Help Rapidly Cool Wort

Making A Counter Flow Chiller (CFC) to Help Rapidly Cool Wort

This project will handle creating a homemade CFC in as few steps as possible. You can learn from any mistakes here and create your own, better CFC or decide that an immersion chiller or plate chiller – think Blichmann Therminator™ (bright light in the sky and loud orchestral “ahhhhhh” music).

Oxygen Wort Aeration

Oxygen Wort Aeration

In recent times I have become concerned that perhaps I am not giving my yeast enough of the love and care that they require to efficiently ferment a wort. I grow starters of decent size when working with liquid yeast but occasional long extended drawn-out fermentations, and the increased frequency of me brewing high gravity beers have led me to look at how I can give my yeast a better environment in which to do their thing.