nostalgia
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When I get my conical fermenters, I'm planning to temperature control them by running coolant through a stainless steel coil in the beer. I had been working on converting an air conditioner to a glycol chiller, but have been looking around at other options.
One that looks promising is an aquarium chiller. This little 1/13 HP job claims it's good for tanks up to 50 gallons for $350. It can be set from 39 to 82F, which would even be good for lagers.
I guess the only issue would be if I wanted to use it for two brews at different temps, since I assume it checks the temperature of the inbound coolant instead of the temp in the fermenter.
Anyone ever try something like this, or see any other off-the-shelf chillers that might work?
Thanks,
-Joe
One that looks promising is an aquarium chiller. This little 1/13 HP job claims it's good for tanks up to 50 gallons for $350. It can be set from 39 to 82F, which would even be good for lagers.
I guess the only issue would be if I wanted to use it for two brews at different temps, since I assume it checks the temperature of the inbound coolant instead of the temp in the fermenter.
Anyone ever try something like this, or see any other off-the-shelf chillers that might work?
Thanks,
-Joe