Precision temperature control for fermentation, wort chilling, crash cooling, and bright tank conditioning. Rite-Temp glycol chillers are custom-built to match your brewery's exact cooling load — from nano-breweries to regional production facilities.
Temperature control is one of the most critical variables in brewing and distilling. Whether you're maintaining a lager fermentation at 34°F, crashing an ale post-fermentation, or cooling wort after the boil, your glycol chiller needs to deliver consistent, reliable performance every single batch.
Rite-Temp glycol chillers use propylene glycol — the food-safe choice for any application involving consumable products — circulated through jacketed vessels via a closed-loop system. An integrated buffer tank prevents short-cycling and provides reserve cooling capacity during peak demand.
Tell us your tank sizes, number of vessels, and target temperatures and we'll size the right chiller for your operation.
1.800.462.3120 Request a QuoteThe Rite-Temp glycol chiller drops the propylene glycol/water mixture to your set point — typically between 26°F and 34°F depending on your process requirements. The buffer tank maintains a reserve of chilled glycol to handle demand spikes without short-cycling the compressor.
Chilled glycol is pumped from the buffer tank through supply and return manifolds — typically color-coded red and blue — to each jacketed vessel. SMARTFLOW manifolds allow individual zone control so each tank can be set independently.
Glycol flows through the jacket surrounding your fermentation tank, bright tank, or serving vessel, absorbing heat from the product inside. The tank's temperature controller modulates glycol flow to maintain the target product temperature.
The warmed glycol returns through the return manifold to the chiller, where the refrigeration system removes the absorbed heat and re-cools the glycol for the next pass. The closed loop continues indefinitely with minimal fluid loss.
Every Rite-Temp glycol chiller undergoes multi-day leak testing before leaving the factory — because a glycol leak in an active fermentation cellar is a serious problem.
Designed for use with USP-grade propylene glycol — the food-safe choice for any application where the coolant loop is near consumable products.
Two-stage cooling capability drops fermentation temperatures quickly after active fermentation — reducing yeast in suspension and clearing the beer faster.
Straightforward drain port design simplifies seasonal glycol changes, maintenance, and system flushing without special tools or disassembly.
One Rite-Temp chiller can serve an entire cellar through properly sized distribution manifolds — scaling with you as you add fermenters.
Every unit is configured to your tank sizes, number of vessels, ambient conditions, and electrical service. We don't sell off-the-shelf.
Call our Rogers, AR team with your tank count, volumes, and target temperatures. We'll size it right.
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