Performs as advertised. Exceeds my expectations. Even with a warmer ground water temp, I’m able to get boiled wort down to a pitch temperature.

How many times did I let a few hundred bucks slip through my fingers when I could have ditched my wimpy immersion chiller for this beast? I LOVE my Blichmann plate chiller and it has completely reinvented my brew days with its efficient and rapid cooling capacity. No clogs, but I do recommend the back flush hose for ensuring any crud gets cleared out between batches.

This thing cools wort like a boss. With the correct flow rate and reasonably cool ground water temp you'll be able to cool an arbitrary amount to near pitching temp in short order. You knew that though. Function is top notch, but...My brew setup uses Blichmann quick connectors everywhere. The Therminator requires garden hose connectors for the cooling water - which means I have to use adapters to make this Blichmann product work with other Blichmann products - silly.Second, the edges on the back-side of the chiller are sharp. You _will_ cut yourself. Especially if you use Blichmann quick connectors which require you twist something with your fingers right next to raw metal edges.Third, It feels like it's going to slice your hands when you pick it up. It's very uncomfortable to handle which you have to do when cleaning. This might seem picky but at $200 and with the Blichmann name it's not.Last, the mount is functional but for something you have to take on/off to clean and store it doesn't make sense to use bolts vs some type of bracket. I'm OK being wrong on this one because it does work well and comes with a solid mount.Before this I used a DIY counterflow chiller that worked but had crappy connectors and looked lame. If I was buying today I'd look at the compact copper counterflow chillers that likely clean/sanitize/dry better.

I was skeptical about this, but it cooled my wort from boil to about 84 even with fairly warm hose water. Next time I'll try to control the flow like they recommend and see if that gets even better results!

Does what it's supposed to. Easy to clean if you rinse immediately after use. Another great Blichmann product.

Excelente produto e a entrega foi antes do prazo.

Living in south Florida we have an issue with cooling the wort. the first time I used this it instantly dropped the temperature 70 degrees with tap water. Wish I would have bought it a long time ago!

Used this for the first time on last brew and 6 gallon batch chilled in about 10 minutes with 58 degree water coming out of my well. This think is built like a tank and worth every penny!

Great product, highly recommend I'm buying it, worth the money

I am so happy that bought this plate chiller. It is amazing how fast it chills hot wort from the kettle to the fermentor. I wish had purchased one years ago.

Quite frankly this little piece of equipment is amazing. My buddy and I chilled our 6 gallons of wort in under 4 minutes going from 210 degrees to 68 degrees. We went from the boil pot to the fermenter in one step. We previously used a large copper coil but this little beauty put the coil out of business. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.

I hook two of these together to cool 1 bbl of wort down to 68° in 12 minutes. I would give it five stars if I could disassemble to clean it.

200f to 58f degrees in one pass with ice water pumped through wort chiller.

Does a great job. Chilled the wort on a 10gallon brew in about 4 minutes.

I managed to chill 11 gallons of boiling wort to 51 degrees in about 12 minutes! I didn't realize it'd be so effective so next time I'll have to reduce the incoming water flow so the wort doesn't get so cold. I had to wait for the wort in the fermenter to warm up so I could pitch my ale yeast. Make sure you check your cooling water source temperature, folks!

Just used this thing for the third time. Couldn't be happier. I read reviews of it getting clogged so I've been using hop bags to keep them out of the chiller. I run my 1/4 tsp Irish moss through along w break material and have had no probs w clogs. When finished I pump warm pbw through the chiller and let it recirc for about 15min then pump sanitizer through it a few min and store. This device chills my wort to ~67 as fast as gravity can pull it into the fermenter. My ground water is ~62.

This thing is heavy and a bit hard to handle, but man does it work well. Cools down wort quickly and to the right temperature. It does require some maintenance with cleaning and sanitizing, but totally worth it.

I am using a 10 gallon electric boil pot and pump the wort to my conical. Hops are pellet form and crush is at .040. I love the Therminator but have problems with total blockage when using with a boil coil. I'm looking for a solution to eliminate blockage when pumping from boil pot thru Therminator to conical.

Going from immersion chillers to this is night and day. Used to have to spend a good 15 to 20 minutes sometimes longer cooling the wort down to pitching temperature. The Therminator cools it quicker and gets the temperature even lower than I was able to previously with the immersion chillers. Goes from boiling hot to pitching temperature in 6 minutes or under. Great investment and every serious home brewer should own one of these bad boys right here.

I have brewed about 10 batches with this chiller and it works great. I live in San Diego so the ground water is around 65-70 degrees year round. I use a SS coil in a bucket of ice to pre-chill the water going into the chiller and it can cool a 5 gallon batch from boiling to 72 in about 5 minutes! One thing I will say is when I brew hoppy beers I can end up with a bunch of trub in my fermenter. I plan to get a hop rocket to help filter trub and give the wort one last hop blast! All in all, one of the best purchases I have made.

I couldn't believe how fast I was able to move wort between the boil kettle and my fermenters all which hitting the perfect temp. I really had doubts about well counter flow chillers worked but I'm a believer now. I noticed a lot of hop junk when cleaning out the unit after my first batch but I don't fault the unit. I have a Boilermaker kettle and chose only to whirlpool my batch and without a hop bag or screen. I've since purchased a HopBlocker which I think will stop all the junk from making it through to the chiller. This is my first counter flow chiller so unfortunately I have nothing else to compare it to but I will say it's a huge improvement over any immersion chiller I've ever used.

I have used a number of chillers in the past and this is hands down the best chiller on the market. I am able to take 11 gallons of wort from boiling to 70 degrees in about 10 min using water coming from my hose.My only advice is to make sure you back flush this chiller well after each usage.

I have used this chiller three times now. The first time it worked great with my Blichmann Boilermaker and HopBlocker and chilled the wort as fast as it would drain to 65 degrees. The second time I used it, there was a total failure as the chiller got clogged. If I had been using a pump, I am guessing this would not have been a big issue. However, since I was using gravity, I was out-of-luck. Had to buy a bag of ice to save the batch. On the third try, I drained about a quart of wort from the kettle before attaching the hose to the chiller. A rather large amount of trub came out of the hose before running clear. After attaching the hose, the chiller worked great. I am guessing that a certain amount of hops/trub entered the HopBlocker before I whirlpooled. Once that was cleared, everything worked as advertised.

I have 50 plus batches through my chiller. I use 1 and 5 gallon paint strainer bags for hops from Lowes in my boils. if its a small one time addition its a 1 gallon bag tied at the top just drop it in. Never lost any hop flavor and no hops in my chiller.

Love this chiller. In the summer i still need a pre chiller but 75% of the year is amazing. My water temps in the summer are pretty high, so getting to 66 degrees isn't an option with out a pre chiller.

This will be the best investment you have ever made if you are doing 15+ gallon batches. We cool 20 gallons of beer in about 20 minutes. It would be faster if we had a pump to force the beer through the therminator. Our hose can't be turned on all the way or we'll cool the beer to an amazing 56 degrees F! For anyone in the review who has said anything about clogging, they have not adjusted their equipment properly. If you get clogs, it's most likely from the hops you've added. We use a hop bad and a screen on our boil kettle to ensure we have no clogs. Never had a clog once and I've brewed at least 15 batches on it so far. Another issue could be that you are crushing your grains too finely and didn't use the grain bed as a filter. That happened the first time, but our clog happened upstream when we were sparging, not cooling.If you are making big batches, buy this. You won't regret it once it's working!

Last night was my first brew with the new pump and wort chiller. Usually it takes me 50 minutes to chill my 10 gallon brew with a copper coil and garden hose. Last night - 5 minutes to fill both carboys and the temp on the Fermometer (on the outside of the carboys) was 78 degrees. Truly amazing how much time this reduced and how easy it was to backflush and clean.

I have always heard bad things about the therminator, but i love mine. Amazingly fast chilling. IMmediately upon completion of brewing I pump PBW through it both ways and then rinse, and have never had a problem. If your using a pump I suggest adding a valve and an inline thermometer. I believe morebeer already has a kit like this.

I have been using a home built immersion chiller for years and finally decide to upgrade. After the first use, I was convinced. Living in the north east, ground water temps are pretty cool but I am able to chill a 5 gallon batch from boiling to 60degF in less than 5min.I don?t have experience with any other plate chillers but the Blichmann chiller definitely works and I would recommend this chiller to anyone.