Making a Wort Chiller

I recently cashed in some of my Airmiles and ordered a $40 gift certificate from Rona.

Off I went to purchase supplies:

10 ft of 1/2 inch copper tubing - 23.98
sink adapter - 5.98
hose coupling - 3.99
3 hose clamps - 2.94
8 ft vinyl tubing 1/2" Inner dia- 4.64
tax - 41.53
Total - 46.51
Total minus Airmiles - 6.51

Make sure the inner diameter of the vinyl hose is the same as the the outer diameter of the copper tubing so it would be able to fit over top. I shimmied it down a couple of inches. It doesn't need to be too far down because the vinyl tubing should not be placed in the boiling water.

Find a cylindrical object to twist the copper tubing around. It will be easier to shape that way.

It was pretty easy to make. It took about ten minutes to twist and clamp and another ten minutes to tweak it while water was spraying everywhere. You want all the clamps as tight as possible because you don't want tap water dripping into the wort. That would be awful. There was some crimping of the copper tube as I brought the bottom end to the top, but water was still able to flow freely through the unit.