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Is the temperature range listed on the yeast manufacturers' websites ambient or fermenter?
They must be referring to the temperature of the yeasties themselves, which would be the fermenter temperature. Nothing else makes sense.
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BrewJacket - How does this Work and How can I replicate it?
It uses peltier devices - a thermoelectric cooling/heating device - when a current is applied they chill on one side and warm the other. They're quite common but relatively inefficient in terms of ...
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Bottle conditioning / carbonation temperature
Beer needs to be warmer when you bottle condition. This allows the yeast to work hard at getting the priming sugar into CO2. However, too warm and the beer will stale faster.
I recommend moving the ...
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What is the proper way to maintain temperature in a water cooler Mash tun by adding hot water?
Most of the heat is usually lost through the lid in coolers. Cooler lids are not well insulated. The bodies are. This is because they are meant to keep things cold not hot. Heat rises and a cooler ...
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What is the ideal temperature during carbonation with priming for an ale?
Optimal about 18C-20C. But almost any temperature between 5 and 25 will work. If cooler then it takes longer. It is possible to go higher but there may be some more fruity esters produced although not ...
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Is there a temperature my boil should not exceed?
First off, there's no need to worry about leaching tannins in the boil. Tannins are mostly found in the husk fraction of the malt. This means you have to be careful with the temperature only when the ...
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Fermentation Temperature
A little worried, perhaps, but regardless you should attempt to keep the yeast/beer itself in the yeast's ideal temperature range. If you have a temp controller, then look into getting some sort of "...
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Is the air glug in a conical not causing oxidation?
First of all, once you remove the trub bulb, there is no need to add another one. If you don't add another trub bulb and open the valve, how are you getting your "glub"? The idea is, attach the bulb ...
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Considerations for temperature control of a freezer?
Yes, if you switch your freezer on and off in quick succession the compressor gives up the ghost and you have a box that can actually turn into a semi-oven.
Good news! thermostats like the STC-1000 ...
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Controlling fermentation temperatures
I live in the south of England where it has recently been even colder than "oop North". At this time of year I go with the seasons and brew the year's supply of lager(!!!). Its perfectly lagered and ...
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What is the ideal temperature during carbonation with priming for an ale?
You are correct when you say the warmer the brews are stored the faster carbonation will complete.
Carbonation is a mini fermentation, so ideally you would want it to complete around the same ...
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Is the temperature range listed on the yeast manufacturers' websites ambient or fermenter?
It is definitely the temperature of the fermenting liquid. What you normally would do is fit a thermometer (like a crystal thermometer) against the side of the fermentor. Then you have a good view of ...
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Is the temperature range listed on the yeast manufacturers' websites ambient or fermenter?
Jumping off from some of the comments already posted:
I think to make sense of this it helps to realize that, for those brewers who produce most of the beer in the world and who are probably the most ...
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Safest way to heat an (enclosed) fermentation chamber
I use one of these seedling heat mats as my heat source inside a freezer. They're built to have stuff sitting on top of them, they're water resistant, and they heat gently. Seems pretty safe to me.
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Is anyone aware of a mini refrigerator model with a flat bottom for use as fermentation chamber?
I use a wine fridge that I took the shelves out of. I can fit a 5 gallon fermenter into it. It has a digital temp display on the front and I set that to the temp I want, it works well for the German ...
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Temperature controller that can be accessed by a mobile?
the closest thing you can get with out spending an arm and a leg is getting a brewPI, I dont have one, but it says it can log locally and has a bunch of different functions, and a web interface. you ...
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Idea for cooling fermentation with copper pipe
Based on what John Palmer says about cleaning copper with various acids, I wouldn't use copper in the acidic environment of fermenting beer.
If you can get your hands on a stainless coil though, the ...
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Why do I need a temperature controller if I have a freezer/refrigerator?
The main reason you need an external temperature controller is because the thermostat on a fridge or freezer isn't in the right temperature range. Also they are typically not calibrated and offer only ...
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Ceramic heating bulb for pets as fermentation chamber heater
AFAIK one of those puts out a lot of heat. You could also consider a Fermwrap heater, which goes on sale once or twice a year for $10 or so.
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Controlling fermentation temperatures
Remember that yeast are living things and will regulate their own temperature as best they can. I've kept fermenters in rooms with an ambient temp around 18C and the yeast raised the fermenter temp to ...
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What is the purpose of multiple temperature probes in a brew-pi fermentation control setup?
The Advanced temperature control algorithm of BrewPi uses both environmental and fermentation vessel temperature (multiple sensors). The problem this solves is the air surrounding your fermenting ...
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Is there any real need for a heating element on an STC 1000 fridge setup ( for most/many setups)?
I have 2x fermentation fridges, and both have heaters (heat-pads) connected to the STC-1000. My fridges live outside, so suffer winter lows (~ 0C/32F) and summer highs (~ 45C/113F).
If you're ...
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Hot and cold temperature regulation
STC-1000 is a very common temp controller. It does require that you do the wiring, but that is fairly simple.
It works great as a temp controller for fermentation, however, you do need to check the ...
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Hot and cold temperature regulation
You can get away with "one-way" control by putting your fermentor in a fridge and controlling a heater. I wrap my fermentor with a heating device then insulate it well with several towels and bungee ...
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Is the temperature range listed on the yeast manufacturers' websites ambient or fermenter?
They are referring to the temperature of the yeast in the fermentor.
Setups and equipment vary so much that the ambient temperature isn't a good indicator. Brewers often cool or heat a fermentation ...
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Suggested fermentation temperature for the beer kits
The reading to monitor and maintain is the temperature of the beer, not ambient temperature.
Even temp readings on the outside of fermentors from thermal stickers can vary a few degrees to what the ...
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Integrated thermometer compared to rod thermometer
I doubt accuracy are that different. But these integrated thermometers as you called are way easier to handle, especially when mashing (closed lid). This one you showed is SS, therefore much more ...
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Induction hot plates with precise temperature control (maintaintaining mash temperature)
A sous vide cooker like the Anova can achieve what you're hoping to accomplish with an induction cooktop. I've used a sous vide cooker to hold mash temperature when doing brew-in-a-bag.
I heat the ...
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Not enough yeast for a 20 Litre batch?
28°C is not too hot to add yeast; yeast is fine up to somewhere near 40°C. That being said, you do want to add the yeast as close to your fermentation temperature as possible.
7 grams of yeast is ...
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