How do you control fermentation temperature with a conical fermenter?

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I've been using carboys and a chest freezer with a temperature controller for fermenting my beers, but I'd like to switch to conical fermenters in the future. How do you control fermentation temperature with a conical fermenter? I should think a stand up freezer would be the most economical method, unless you're fermenting more than one beer at a time.
 
Temp controlled fridge or stand up freezer... Unless you build something.

There are glycol jacket conicals. And I've heard of people doing an immersion coil inside the conical with glycol.
 
I keep my Brewers Hardware 20 gallon conical in an upright freezer. Set up an enclosure heater in there to provide heat when necessary. Then I use a BCS 462 to monitor the temp and turn the freezer or heater on/off as necessary. Works like a charm. Use the same setup for a sanke keg fermenter in another smaller upright freezer.
 
ckelly999 said:
*ANGELS SINGING*

http://morebeer.com/products/ultimate-conical-fermenter-14-gallon.html

They have more economical models as well...
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Wow, thats how you do it!! I have been pondering this very question, as sometime in the far future I hope to have more of a brewery and less of an ad hoc setup. Gravity feeds as I get older would be nice, but controlling the temps in a conical has always stumped me.

Hoping they come up with some cheaper options in the future, but this looks like a great option if you have the coin.
 
DaleP said:
https://brewhemoth.com/immersion-chiller-38-1
This is the best solution I have found, team it up with a homemade glycol chiller, a small freezer with glycol, fountain pump and away you go!
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I've been using this water chiller i bought used: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0048IVBT4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

i find it chills the water faster as the cold coils are in contact with the water rather then waiting for the cold air in the freezer to chill a tank of water. I have the output of the chiller going directly to the chiller coils inside my conical and it brings the temps down nicely.
 
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