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    Time used for cooling wort / filling keg

    I have been running my nano-brewery for over a year now and have a few questions to refine a couple of processes.

    First off, how long as an average do you take to cool your wort. Is there an "average per gallon" that is a target for cooling the wort from boil to pitching temperature?

    Secondly, how much time does it take you to fill a 1/2 barrel keg using counter pressure methods / filler.

    Third, what PSI is your brite tank head pressure at as you are you filling your kegs?
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    try to keep chill times under an hour, the GPM is not so important as total chill+whirlpool time.

    we fill 8 kegs at a time, and i can do all 8 in just about 9 mins. we also use a AODD pump to assist as we have a very long hose+hard pipe length out of the cellar into packaging.

    We keep our brites as close to 15 PSI as possible, as that is where our PRVs go off. The more pressure, the bigger the pump (a pump is not necessary in all situations), and the higher the beer is vs where your filling kegs the faster you can fill them. In addition the shorter the hose length, and the bigger hose is, will also speeds things up. then if we aren't going to package off the entire tank that day we drop the pressure back to equilibrium pressure for target volumes of CO2.

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    • #3
      I am not sure we are doing things properly since we just started brewing this month at our nano so if my process is flawed I appreciate the feedback. as of right now, i have been whirl-pooling for about 10 minutes and then transferring. My last batch (1bbl batches) took right around 10 minutes to move from the BK to the fermenter and the beer was right at 70 degrees.

      I haven't got my kegging process ironed out yet, I am using 6' of 1/2" id hose and an autofill with my brite around 12-13psi. I haven't timed it but it seems like it probably takes 10 minutes or more to fill a keg. not a big deal right now but I am still trying to figure out how to make that process more efficient.

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      • #4
        We are 3 BBL nano...

        For knocking out - we cool 100 gallons to about 65 in 20-30 minutes depending on how warm ground water temperatures are. We use a two stage chilling system - plate chiller cooled with ground water and a coil immersed in a circulating ice bath.

        For kegging, we use a 5', 1/2" line with about 14 psi head pressure on the brite tank and it takes about 10-15 minutes per keg. I'm interested to hear feedback on the keg filling procedures from other brewers for expediting.
        Curtis Chism
        CEO/Founder
        Council Brewing Company
        San Diego, CA

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        • #5
          Time used for cooling wort / filling keg

          My keg / brite pressures seem right but I think I need to bleed off a bit faster when filling. I'm about 15 minutes on keg fill.

          What plate chiller are you using on you 100 gallon system to get that time?


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          • #6
            Duda Diesel 36A - 60 plate http://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=HX3660

            The trick is having the secondary coil (copper or stainless) recirculating in an ice bath to drive the temps all the way down.
            Curtis Chism
            CEO/Founder
            Council Brewing Company
            San Diego, CA

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            • #7
              we have a 2BBL system and use a Sabco Plate-Pro to chill.. it takes about 30-35 min to run 2BBL thorough the chiller and into our FV..

              probably takes 10 min or so for each, i could go faster though they tend to not be as full when i do..

              i use a combination of gravity and 15ish psi in our brite and starting with 10psi in the kegs to fill.. i have a valve to slowly bleed out pressure from the keg, and once it starts to flow out of that i know its full
              Kevin
              JoBoy's Brewpub

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              • #8
                1 Bbl brewhouse. 15 minute whirplool, 10 minute rest, 10-15 minutes chill through Duda Diesel plate chiller.

                12-14psi head pressure on brite fills 58L keg in around 10 minutes with no foam loss. We put our kegs on a scale and fill based on weight so that we can keep a small amount of headspace in the keg to help with CO2 adjustments.

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