How to keep beer warm?

[izuel01]

Hi I am going to buy a piece of equipment to keep my beer at roughly 22 degrees Celsius as I live in a cold place an it's roughly 15 here was wondering best types of equipment for cheap to run and effectiveness thanks

 

[Revvy]

You can use a brewbelt fermenter heater for buckets and carboys, but it's recommended to use some form of temp controller to keep it in the range you want.

A lot of folks are using an ebay temp controller, which you can get relatively cheap. I just ordered one for 26 bucks. And they are pretty easy to wire up.

 

[izuel01]

Can you adjust and maintain the temp on a brew belt or is a immersion heater the beat bet just I need to keep it at 22 degrees celsius?

 

[TopherM]

Move to Florida! I'm still keeping my beer ABOUT 10F cooler than ambient temp in late January!

 

[Revvy]

Can you adjust and maintain the temp on a brew belt or is a immersion heater the beat bet just I need to keep it at 22 degrees celsius?

That's why you want a temp controller to turn on and off the heater to keep it to where you want.

 

[izuel01]

Ok thanks and I'll have to Have a look on the net to try find a temp controller and as for moving to Florida I wish unfortunately it's like -10 to 7 degrees Celsius here in England lol

 

[audger]

A lot of folks are using an ebay temp controller, which you can get relatively cheap.

yup! connect that to a 60w incandessant bulb, and you have a 60w heater. a 100w bulb = a 100w heater. just put the bulb in an old coffee or soup can. that protects the glass bulb and blocks beer-skunking light. you want the heat, not the light.

cheap and easy.

 

[Revvy]

Ok thanks and I'll have to Have a look on the net to try find a temp controller and as for moving to Florida I wish unfortunately it's like -10 to 7 degrees Celsius here in England lol

Can you order from EBAY? Just click on the link I provided.

 

[JonW]

You can also use reptile heaters that are non light producing.

I currently use an infrared floodlight, but I'm thinking of switching to one of these
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=zilla+ceramic+

 

[Ramitt]

I plan to build a warm chamber with a ceramic heater and perhaps one of these prebuilt contorllers for reptiles http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002CZ0J3E/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 if there is no need to go cooler than 60, it seems much easier than building one and pretty cheap (27.95). my only concern would be how accurate the thermistat is.

 

[vlucchetti]

Made a fermwrap with heating tape and a wire set, about $11 total from Reptile Basics, Inc. Get 2 feet of 11 inch tape, the wire/clip/insulator set, request they assemble and you are good to go.

Put it on a batch I made last night and was amazed at how much heat it generates.