davidtraher
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Hi all…if my chamber will always be in a heated garage, usually about 22C/72F, or hotter in the summer, is a heat source required? What do you do to ferment multiple beers at the same time at different temps?
What do you do to ferment multiple beers at the same time at different temps?
Hi all…if my chamber will always be in a heated garage, usually about 22C/72F, or hotter in the summer, is a heat source required? What do you do to ferment multiple beers at the same time at different temps?
I wish that question had gotten answered. I took chamber to just mean a vessel that contains the beer while fermenting. IE, carboy, bucket or whatever.Is your chamber a freezer?
Wow good to know! I already have a seedling mat so I'll give that a go. Thanks!Freezers are very well insulated. A heating mat or infrared reptile heating bulb in the 25-50W range will provide plenty of heat in a small freezer. Adding a small computer fan inside will help distribute the heat.
I have a 50W reptile bulb with fan inside a 7 cu ft freezer with a 6" collar in an unheated garage here in MN. With two fermenters, it has no problem maintaining ale temps.
Generally, a fermentation chamber is a temperature-controlled box, fridge, freezer, or closet that holds one or more fermenters. There are many threads here about creating a fermentation chamber.I took chamber to just mean a vessel that contains the beer while fermenting. IE, carboy, bucket or whatever.
I use 10x20" seedling mats all the time, on 5-6 gallon batches no problem. My basement gets to low 50s. I'm just doing ales in an uninsulated wash tub 68-72F. If you have more than one matt you could double up. I throw a blanket on usually keeps the light off the carboys anyway.Wow good to know! I already have a seedling mat so I'll give that a go. Thanks!
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