Jeepsn beer

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What are some ideas for accurate carboy/fermenter temperature control. I've heard of aquarium heaters in a container of water with the carboy sitting in it, any other ideas.

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Secondary- Coconut Porter
-Amarillo pale ale

Kegged n' bottled-

-Dry traditional mead
-Chocolate Robust Porter
-Willamette apricot Blonde
-Blueberry melomel
-Edworts Apfelwine
- Red raspberry melomel
- AG Octoberfest

Yooper

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An old fridge with a johnson controller set at 68 degrees would probably be most accurate, but the other methods involving the bathtub and frozen water bottles and fans would work, too.

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Orfy

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It depends if you need to warm or cool or both.

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Jeepsn beer

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Maybe I need a new Freezer for lagering 30-45 and turn my lagering fridge into an ale fermenter and keep it at 65-70. Seems like the best method by far. Looks like more flowers and jewelry for the wife.

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Primary- Sweet traditional Orange blossom mead


Secondary- Coconut Porter
-Amarillo pale ale

Kegged n' bottled-

-Dry traditional mead
-Chocolate Robust Porter
-Willamette apricot Blonde
-Blueberry melomel
-Edworts Apfelwine
- Red raspberry melomel
- AG Octoberfest

casebrew

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I've got an old water bed thermostat hooked to a Mr Coffee. My plan is to put it in an unplugged fridge, with a pot of water on the burner. But I didn't do it this winter. I should have. Maybe I'll remember it next winter.

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57 batches so far,
33 wine, mostly Loquat, peach, plum, prickly pear
22 beers and ciders
1 sauerkraut
1 Tequila, from a prickly pear wine experiment that didn't work. I call it "Prickly Heat"

EdWort

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Like Yooper Chick said. A freezer with a Johnson controller is a good way to go.

Here's a 10 cubic foot chest freezer. I use it it for chilling, crash cooling, & carbing.



Another method and cheaper is the Son of Fermentation Chiller. Here's one I picked up off of Craigslist.com for $50. A frozen gallon jug keeps my ales at 65 degrees for 2 days before I have to swap it out.

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EdWort

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Alamo_Beer

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check this out...pretty cheap and cool!

http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=42533&st=0

Blktre

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If you go the fridge/temp controller route, i sell thermowells SS TIG welded, that the controller sensor goes into which the whole rig monitors core temps.
http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=70754

Paperface

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FYI, a cheap thermometer is on sale right now at Harbor Freight
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/cheap-dual-thermometer-habor-freight-24969/