Fermenting vessel heating

[MarconiBrew]

I look forward to starting my next brew this way, I bought a Woodforde's Admiral 32 pint kit as my next brew.

 

[colm89]

I agonised over how to keep a stable fermentation temperature without the space for a second fridge for weeks, and this week bought a ferminator. Currently have a lager sitting at a steady 10 degrees in my spare bedroom/office/bike room

 

[Michael Burnley]

I agonised over how to keep a stable fermentation temperature without the space for a second fridge for weeks, and this week bought a ferminator. Currently have a lager sitting at a steady 10 degrees in my spare bedroom/office/bike room

They look like they are approximately the same size as a fridge ??

 

[colm89]

They look like they are approximately the same size as a fridge ??

Quite a bit smaller given you don’t need to account for the compressor at the bottom and extend the door out.

 

[Cwrw666]

I've been brewing since the airing cupboard days of the early 80s.

I must still be in the 1980s then. I control the temperature by having the door open various amounts depending on the time of year. I can always keep it pretty steady between 19 and 22c.

 

[MarconiBrew]

Results are in for my FV water jacket test.

Lowest the water jacket falls to is 21c, with a peak of around 22.6c. Now that's a water jacket of about 50mm around it. With 23 liters of water in the FV, it's quite unlikely the brew will reach that peak, so I probed the brew which is just currently water for test purposes and that hangs around at 20.8c.