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Landlord.
Not something you come across often on the forums, the Lindr PYGMY instant beer cooler.
I bought version "20", which reportedly allows cooling of 20l per hour. At the time of writing you can get it delivered to the UK, on site ich-zapfe for example, for 317.90 EUR or 234 pounds delivered. I imagine, like mine, it will come with a euro plug, but no big deal, just get an adapter. The "K" versions come with an air compressor to push out the beer; good for a wedding marquee when it's all drunk in one go, but not good for us home brewers. Good for us then that the non-K versions are much cheaper.
It serves the same purpose as a Maxi cooler, but rather than the beer running through a chilled water bank, it runs directly through the chilling unit. So where a Maxi might take 4 hours to cool from warm, the Lindr takes 5 minutes.
I chose this over a dedicated fridge as it's such a small unit, and with no yearly running cost. I saw this first time years ago but overlooked it as it looked too professional for me, a simple homebrewer. But when you factor in the price of a fridge and its yearly running costs, it really starts to look interesting. And you can't ignore the wow factor.
Tonight my cellar was at 20.5 degrees, and after the first cooling cycle, which took 5m10s, I poured a beer at 8.3 degrees. About a minute later after the second cooling cycle, I pulled a second beer at 6.6 degrees. And it gets colder from there if you want it. It has a dial which reportedly allows you to select from 5 degree to 15 degree. I always have it on maximum, but I only switch on the unit as I need it.
I'm still playing with this a bit, but it's looking like 1m of 3/16 tubing is enough (after the about 1 foot of 3/8 that came attached to my cornie out). You'll see in the photo that there is not a lot going on behind.
Here the pics then...
I bought version "20", which reportedly allows cooling of 20l per hour. At the time of writing you can get it delivered to the UK, on site ich-zapfe for example, for 317.90 EUR or 234 pounds delivered. I imagine, like mine, it will come with a euro plug, but no big deal, just get an adapter. The "K" versions come with an air compressor to push out the beer; good for a wedding marquee when it's all drunk in one go, but not good for us home brewers. Good for us then that the non-K versions are much cheaper.
It serves the same purpose as a Maxi cooler, but rather than the beer running through a chilled water bank, it runs directly through the chilling unit. So where a Maxi might take 4 hours to cool from warm, the Lindr takes 5 minutes.
I chose this over a dedicated fridge as it's such a small unit, and with no yearly running cost. I saw this first time years ago but overlooked it as it looked too professional for me, a simple homebrewer. But when you factor in the price of a fridge and its yearly running costs, it really starts to look interesting. And you can't ignore the wow factor.
Tonight my cellar was at 20.5 degrees, and after the first cooling cycle, which took 5m10s, I poured a beer at 8.3 degrees. About a minute later after the second cooling cycle, I pulled a second beer at 6.6 degrees. And it gets colder from there if you want it. It has a dial which reportedly allows you to select from 5 degree to 15 degree. I always have it on maximum, but I only switch on the unit as I need it.
I'm still playing with this a bit, but it's looking like 1m of 3/16 tubing is enough (after the about 1 foot of 3/8 that came attached to my cornie out). You'll see in the photo that there is not a lot going on behind.
Here the pics then...
![IMG_20160923_225017566[1].jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/thehomebrewforum/data/attach/5/5479-IMG-20160923-225017566-1-.jpg "IMG_20160923_225017566[1].jpg")
