Hi all,
We have a GD-10H that we installed in December of 2015 that was cooling 4x10Bbl dual jacket, uninsulated fermenters, 1 10Bbl single jacket insulated brite beer tank, and 1 10Bbl single jacket, insulated cold liquor tank. The brite beer tank was about twice the distance off of the loop, but it would cool just fine. We have now added a 20Bbl dual jacket, insulated fermenter and replaced the old brite tank with a new 20Bbl triple jacket, insulated brite beer tank.
We have filled the brite up with 10Bbl's on a couple of occasions and are having trouble getting the beer down to bottling temperatures. The only thing that really changed was the tanks and additional cooling, but we are not crashing multiple tanks at once and the ferments are not calling for a great deal of glycol.
Does anyone have typical times for crashing beers? I want to know if we are way off. We are thinking that the extra run mixed with the new tanks has created enough resistance to be greater than or equal to the prv in the glycol return line and is allowing the glycol to partially bypass the tank, thus decreasing flow. The tanks were made in China, and I am looking for any feedback or similar experiences.
Cheers,
Scott
We have a GD-10H that we installed in December of 2015 that was cooling 4x10Bbl dual jacket, uninsulated fermenters, 1 10Bbl single jacket insulated brite beer tank, and 1 10Bbl single jacket, insulated cold liquor tank. The brite beer tank was about twice the distance off of the loop, but it would cool just fine. We have now added a 20Bbl dual jacket, insulated fermenter and replaced the old brite tank with a new 20Bbl triple jacket, insulated brite beer tank.
We have filled the brite up with 10Bbl's on a couple of occasions and are having trouble getting the beer down to bottling temperatures. The only thing that really changed was the tanks and additional cooling, but we are not crashing multiple tanks at once and the ferments are not calling for a great deal of glycol.
Does anyone have typical times for crashing beers? I want to know if we are way off. We are thinking that the extra run mixed with the new tanks has created enough resistance to be greater than or equal to the prv in the glycol return line and is allowing the glycol to partially bypass the tank, thus decreasing flow. The tanks were made in China, and I am looking for any feedback or similar experiences.
Cheers,
Scott
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