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Contents:
  Welcome to the TechTalk Refugees (Jim Stansell)
  Raising the temperature in a chest freezer/fermenter ("Nathan J. Williams")


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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:34:18 -0400
From: Jim Stansell <jim.stansell at comcast.net>
Subject: Welcome to the TechTalk Refugees

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:36:25 -0400
From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw at mit.edu>
Subject: Raising the temperature in a chest freezer/fermenter

I recently acquired a chest freezer and digital temperature controller
to free myself from the tyranny of whatever temperature my basement
happens to be. I fermented an ale in the freezer and it worked well to
hold it steady at 66F. Now I'm making a marzen, and I am following the
advice in Brewing Classic Styles to do a "modified Narziss
fermentation" - starting at 44F, pitching, and then slowly raising the
temperature to 50F.

However, 24 hours after I turned the set point from 44F to 50F, the
temperature is still down at 44F. This is great for demonstrating the
insulating ability of the chest freezer, but not really what I wanted
for my fermentation schedule.

What are some good ways to warm this up? A second controller and a
heating pad would be ideal, but I'm not set up for that. Would putting
a pint of just-boiled water in the chamber be reasonable? (6 gallons I
want to raise ~3 degrees at a time vs. 1/8 gallon that is ~160 degrees
above the ambient temperature).

 - Nathan Williams
   Somerville, MA


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