jbrace1
Active Member
I have 2 14.5 gallon stout tanks fermentors. I have two 90w Peltier cooling chips on one fermentor and four 90w Peltier cooling chips on the other using Stout's aluminum cooling blocks.
I can get to 4 chip FV down to 50F in a 70F room (used it at that temp for a Kolsch). I've only used the 2 chip FV for ales at 67F but works fine. I have 2 layers of metalized bubble wrap around the barrels and 1 layer around the cone of each fermentor.
However, I want to be able to ferment in both FVs at lager temps and I want to be able to cold crash in the FVs as well. I would like to assemble/create the most space efficient, easily cleanable, low maintenance system possible. I'm tired of the bulky size and wiring added by each Peltier unit.
I plan to get a glycol chiller or aquarium chiller and use my current Fermostat to control submersible pumps to circulate cooled glycol through something (cooling snake, cooling jacket, small HERMS coil?) that is attached to the FV.
So. My specific question is: has anyone tried the 'Cooling Snake' as listed on MoreWine or the cooling jackets like those on CoolZone? Any other ideas? I'm not really interested in building my own glycol chiller but am more than happy to plumb things together.
Thanks
I can get to 4 chip FV down to 50F in a 70F room (used it at that temp for a Kolsch). I've only used the 2 chip FV for ales at 67F but works fine. I have 2 layers of metalized bubble wrap around the barrels and 1 layer around the cone of each fermentor.
However, I want to be able to ferment in both FVs at lager temps and I want to be able to cold crash in the FVs as well. I would like to assemble/create the most space efficient, easily cleanable, low maintenance system possible. I'm tired of the bulky size and wiring added by each Peltier unit.
I plan to get a glycol chiller or aquarium chiller and use my current Fermostat to control submersible pumps to circulate cooled glycol through something (cooling snake, cooling jacket, small HERMS coil?) that is attached to the FV.
So. My specific question is: has anyone tried the 'Cooling Snake' as listed on MoreWine or the cooling jackets like those on CoolZone? Any other ideas? I'm not really interested in building my own glycol chiller but am more than happy to plumb things together.
Thanks