Runs With Beer

The best way is to keep the room that the brew is fermenting in at the temperature you want. If that is not possible or economical then there are a couple other options.
First, a fermentation chest. This is an old refrigerator or chest freezer that uses a temperature controller to keep the temp constant. These can be quite expensive, as you must first find an old fridge or freezer, then pick up a temp controller, then set it all up.
Another option is to use a heating pad or belt. The ‘Brew Belt’ is a rubberized heating strip designed for use with plastic primary fermenting buckets or ‘Better Bottle’ plastic carboys. The ‘FermWrap’ is a small heating pad, designed for glass carboys, that sticks to the side of a carboy. Both of these work well, and help to keep a brew warmer than the surrounding room’s temperature, but you lack complete control of the brew’s temperature.
Temperature controllers, Brew Belts, and FermWraps can all be purchased at just about any homebrew shop, or online at http://www.midwestsupplies.com or http://www.austinhomebrew.com
Feel free to email me if you have any further questions.

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