Rudeboy
Well-Known Member
I listen to The Brewing Network quite a bit and JZ is always on about how important specific fermentation temp control is.
Then last month they were giving a Dual Stage Temp system from MoreBeer.
As I understand it, it is a digital controller with two outputs, a temperature probe and a termawrap. You wrap the carboy with the thremawrap and put the whole thing in a fridge. Then plug the fridge and the termawrap into the outputs. And set the digital controller. It turns on the termawrap to heat it up or the fridge to cool it down. And apparently you can keep the wort/beers actual temperature to within about a 1 degree F range.
So my questions are. Is that how it works? Ive never seen one and am just trying to figure it out from the MoreBeer descriptions.
Does anyone have a similar system? How well does it work? How much difference does it make in the finished product?
My Ale fermentation system right now is a basement bathroom. Which is actually pretty good, in that I live in Northern Alberta, so the downstairs bathroom is pretty consistently at 15 C or 60 F.? Then with a little digital space heater and the door closed I can get up to around 25 C or 77 F and all points in between. But thats just ambient temp and Im not sure what the temp swing is. But I thought the thermal mass of the 5 gallons should smooth that out.
Still with JZ preaching about how important exact actual liquid temps are Ive been toying with the idea of setting up this system.
Any thoughts?
Rudeboy
Then last month they were giving a Dual Stage Temp system from MoreBeer.
As I understand it, it is a digital controller with two outputs, a temperature probe and a termawrap. You wrap the carboy with the thremawrap and put the whole thing in a fridge. Then plug the fridge and the termawrap into the outputs. And set the digital controller. It turns on the termawrap to heat it up or the fridge to cool it down. And apparently you can keep the wort/beers actual temperature to within about a 1 degree F range.
So my questions are. Is that how it works? Ive never seen one and am just trying to figure it out from the MoreBeer descriptions.
Does anyone have a similar system? How well does it work? How much difference does it make in the finished product?
My Ale fermentation system right now is a basement bathroom. Which is actually pretty good, in that I live in Northern Alberta, so the downstairs bathroom is pretty consistently at 15 C or 60 F.? Then with a little digital space heater and the door closed I can get up to around 25 C or 77 F and all points in between. But thats just ambient temp and Im not sure what the temp swing is. But I thought the thermal mass of the 5 gallons should smooth that out.
Still with JZ preaching about how important exact actual liquid temps are Ive been toying with the idea of setting up this system.
Any thoughts?
Rudeboy