OzzyPeeps
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Greetings brewers ...
I hope this is in the appropriate sub forum.
I cant seem to find the info Im looking for with the search function, but this may be down to my newbiness on the site, so any pointers on that are welcome.
I have been brewing standard 5gal extract kits for a few years now, but Im planning to scale up.
I am planning to buy a 300 liter stainless steel fermenter for extract brews.
My question is in relation to temperature control for a brew that size.
with a standard 5 gal kit I just put the fermenter on top of a 45 watt seedling heat matt in a cupboard and plug it into the inkbird heating output -
but that is obviously not going cut it with 240 liters of wort in a 300 l stainless vessel
so im wondering what would be the best heat source to use to maintain fermentation temps for a setup like that.
I live in a very cold house where ambient temps of the brewing area could potentially touch zero degrees C in winter at times -
and I want to have a go with Kveik so the challenge, and my objective, is to be able to maintain stable ferm temps in the range 20 -38 C - even if ambient temps are around freezing.
I could drop a few sanitized 500w aquarium heaters into the wort - but that is obviously to be avoided if at all possible.
some sort of heating plate would be ideal but I dont know if such a thing exists.
Id love to hear from members who have run those sorts of volumes and what they use for temp control
many thanks in advance!
Ozzy
I hope this is in the appropriate sub forum.
I cant seem to find the info Im looking for with the search function, but this may be down to my newbiness on the site, so any pointers on that are welcome.
I have been brewing standard 5gal extract kits for a few years now, but Im planning to scale up.
I am planning to buy a 300 liter stainless steel fermenter for extract brews.
My question is in relation to temperature control for a brew that size.
with a standard 5 gal kit I just put the fermenter on top of a 45 watt seedling heat matt in a cupboard and plug it into the inkbird heating output -
but that is obviously not going cut it with 240 liters of wort in a 300 l stainless vessel
so im wondering what would be the best heat source to use to maintain fermentation temps for a setup like that.
I live in a very cold house where ambient temps of the brewing area could potentially touch zero degrees C in winter at times -
and I want to have a go with Kveik so the challenge, and my objective, is to be able to maintain stable ferm temps in the range 20 -38 C - even if ambient temps are around freezing.
I could drop a few sanitized 500w aquarium heaters into the wort - but that is obviously to be avoided if at all possible.
some sort of heating plate would be ideal but I dont know if such a thing exists.
Id love to hear from members who have run those sorts of volumes and what they use for temp control
many thanks in advance!
Ozzy