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Warming Fermenters a Few Degrees
troybinso:
I put a heating pad near the fermentor and cover the whole thing with a blanket. I tape a meat thermometer with a long wired probe to the other side of the fermentor and insulate it so I can occasionally monitor the temperature.
Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-756-500-Heating-Pad-UltraHeatTechnology/dp/B00006IV4N/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1358981761&sr=8-3&keywords=heating+pad
and this:
http://www.amazon.com/CDN-Digital-Programmable-Probe-Thermometer/dp/B00046YFHE/ref=sr_1_5?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1358981898&sr=1-5&keywords=meat+thermometer
Cheap and easy solution.
dcdwort:
Love these ideas! I needed to heat my stout up a few degrees to push the final gravity down a couple of more points. It was in my basement and fermenting slowly at 60 F and wanted it up around 65. I keep my carboys in plastic oil catchpans in case of spills or other disasters and just added some warm water. (Better Bottle, not glass) In about an hour I was up to 65 and changed the water every 6 hrs or so for two days. That brought my SG down a couple of points to where I wanted it.
But I like the fish heater idea and will play with that.
tom:
I use a warm water bath with a heatstick and RANCO.
erockrph:
I've started using a Brew Belt on my last few brews, and I've been pretty happy with it so far. I've gotten 3-gallons of beer in both a 6-gallon carboy and a 6.5 gallon bucket pretty much dead-on 8 degrees F above ambient every time.
Jeff M:
MY LHBS has been promoting the Thermovest. They have been using it in their shop(which is based out of a warehouse) in MA, where it has been fridgidly cold before today. might be worth looking in to, altho they seem expensive.
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