BrewZilla 35L - Gen 4 Instruction Manual
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Connecting the immersion chiller to a garden hose (recommended)
The easiest way to connect a garden hose to the immersion chiller is to simply push the
garden hose over the immersion chiller and secure with a hose clamp.
For a more ergonomic solution you can install compression fittings and garden hose fittings
onto your immersion chiller. This will allow you to quickly connect and disconnect a garden
hose using female garden hose quick disconnect fittings.
12.7mm compression fittings (
) and male garden hose fittings (
) can be
purchased separately.
Connecting the immersion chiller to your BrewZilla pump
–
Ice Bath (optional)
If you were looking to save water you can easily hook your immersion chiller up to the pump
on your BrewZilla using 12.7mm compression fittings (
) and camlock fittings
) from your recirculation arm to
your chiller and then run silicone hosing from the outlet of the chiller back into the
BrewZilla. These compression fittings, camlock fittings and extra silicone hosing can be
purchased separately.
If you prefer to use this method recirculate boiling wort through the chiller and back into
the boiler for at least 5 minutes to make sure the coil is hot and any potential contaminant
such as wild yeast or bacteria are killed by the boiling wort.
Once you have sanitised your chiller, place the chiller into a bucket of ice water and use the
ball valve on the recirculation arm to adjust the flow rate. Adjusting the flow rate on the
recirculation arm will change the temperature out of the output of the coil. So, use this
adjustment to achieve your desired wort temperature so the wort is at a suitable
temperature to put into your fermenter.
Hot Cubing
Another great method of cooling your wort that saves time is hot cubing. If you fill a HDPE
Cube or HDPE Bladder with hot wort then quickly fit the lid, this will keep your wort in a
sanitary environment. If you use this method, make sure to purge air out of the cube /
