Moved to a new house last winter and over the last year i've learned my current temp control setup just isn't reliable. I had been using a water bath with small aquarium chiller and heater to control the baths temp and just set my buckets in it. Worked great in the old house where basement temps were much more consistent then the new one, but now the chiller just cant keep up with high 70s and active fermentation.
So now i find myself with much more space and im willing to toss a little money at the problem to make my brew life simpler. Im also now doing 10 gal batches and am considering moving to a single fermentor for ease. I had my eye on the SS brewtech 14 gal systems, but when you add the FTSS for temp control the cost gets up there pretty quick. The alternative i was looking at was a chest freezer and just sticking with my plastic buckets.
My research resulted in either too much money spent on the solution or all the ideas were how to do it super cheap. So anyone have any advice on a solution thats not thousands of dollars, but will still make my brewing simple and efficient and reliable temp control?
thanks
So now i find myself with much more space and im willing to toss a little money at the problem to make my brew life simpler. Im also now doing 10 gal batches and am considering moving to a single fermentor for ease. I had my eye on the SS brewtech 14 gal systems, but when you add the FTSS for temp control the cost gets up there pretty quick. The alternative i was looking at was a chest freezer and just sticking with my plastic buckets.
My research resulted in either too much money spent on the solution or all the ideas were how to do it super cheap. So anyone have any advice on a solution thats not thousands of dollars, but will still make my brewing simple and efficient and reliable temp control?
thanks