Gryphon556
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Hi Guys,
Wondering what sort of heater I should buy for brewing beer, I recently bottled my first batch using the Coopers Lager beer kit with brew enhancer 2 and the instructions with it said the temp should have been kept in the mid to high 20's which seemed pretty high since I recall reading that lagers are meant to be brewed a lot lower at something like 10 - 15C? But regardless, fermentation seemed to slow a lot when we had a few cool days (We have yet to see summer in Tas) and then seemed to have completely stopped after about 6 days.
I've been looking at either a "belt" style heater or a 25w aquarium heater, my question is: Are the aquarium heaters ok to submerge in the brew? I was concerned about local over heating of the brew and how they would stand up to being steralized in bleach or whatever.
Are belt heaters more effective/efficient? I'd rather keep things as energy efficient as possible. Also wondering how the belt would work since my current fermentor is square rather than round.
Wondering what sort of heater I should buy for brewing beer, I recently bottled my first batch using the Coopers Lager beer kit with brew enhancer 2 and the instructions with it said the temp should have been kept in the mid to high 20's which seemed pretty high since I recall reading that lagers are meant to be brewed a lot lower at something like 10 - 15C? But regardless, fermentation seemed to slow a lot when we had a few cool days (We have yet to see summer in Tas) and then seemed to have completely stopped after about 6 days.
I've been looking at either a "belt" style heater or a 25w aquarium heater, my question is: Are the aquarium heaters ok to submerge in the brew? I was concerned about local over heating of the brew and how they would stand up to being steralized in bleach or whatever.
Are belt heaters more effective/efficient? I'd rather keep things as energy efficient as possible. Also wondering how the belt would work since my current fermentor is square rather than round.