I have recently been brewing some beers with European and British Ale Yeasts that cannot rise above 70 degrees. It has been a challenge keeping these fermentations under 70 this summer. I work twelve hour days so replenishing frozen water bottles does not work for me.
:smack: IDEA: Build a cooling tub with a garden hose inlet on the bottom to introduce cold water and an upper outlet drain spout that will drain into my sump. I propose controlling the flow with an electric "plug-in" valve with a Johnson Controls thermostat like I use with my chest freezer. The JC temp probe would be taped to the side of the fermenter above the water level.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a type of valve I could use in this application? Solenoid? In-Line Sprinkler valve?
Mark
:smack: IDEA: Build a cooling tub with a garden hose inlet on the bottom to introduce cold water and an upper outlet drain spout that will drain into my sump. I propose controlling the flow with an electric "plug-in" valve with a Johnson Controls thermostat like I use with my chest freezer. The JC temp probe would be taped to the side of the fermenter above the water level.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a type of valve I could use in this application? Solenoid? In-Line Sprinkler valve?
Mark
