Test Attempt: G&D Chillers 1.5H Nano Chill

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THE EXPLANATION: We embarked on a mission to test all of the chillers that a small-scale brewer (0.5 BBL or less) might consider investing in. When we made the call to manufacturers, G&D Chillers offered this as their smallest unit and acknowledged that it might be overkill based on our testing conditions. They were right. We were not equipped to reasonably test this unit with six 14-gallon fermentors. What we can say is that the unit is well-built, aesthetically pleasing, and comes with fantastic customer support and shipping coordination. The team at G&D Chillers went as far as to build out custom manifolds to help us perform the tests, and they supported us through our attempts to compare it to the other chilling units. —Haydn Strauss