CHAPMAN VS ANVIL FERMENTER UPGRADE
CHAPMAN VS ANVIL FERMENTER PRO

It's asking a lot to expect it to get anywhere in the low 30's. If I'm not mistaken, the cooling system you're using is a long vertical loop, which has very little surface area for efficient cold crashing, and because of the geometry, it will tend to stratify your beer once fermentation has stopped. You need thermal convection in there, and a small fermenter is at a disadvantage to begin with. If it's too low, the fermenter will stratify. Make sure the cooling coil is positioned nearer to the top of the fermenting beer.

That insulating jacket that it comes with is probably not enough. Make sure the fermenter is well insulated.I may see even lower with more time on the next batch or an additional layer so I'll give that a shot before drilling away at my lid to swap coils. Right now it would seem that somehow modifying the bucket to take a larger coil like the temp twister may be my best bet (if it fits).Įdit: for those suggesting insulation, I wrapped the fermenter in a spare moving blanket and bungees last night and noticed a 4F drop in temps which brings me to 40F. I suspect the standard anvil cooling coil is just too small to get temps down much lower but wanted to see if anyone else has had success hitting 38 or under with this system before I looked into what other options I may have. Right now, with my glycol temp at 28F and my set temp at 32F I've only been able to get my fermenter down to 44.

CHAPMAN VS ANVIL FERMENTER UPGRADE

I recently picked up an ice master max 2 to upgrade to glycol and thought I'd give cold crashing a shot. I've been using the anvil cooling system in my 7.5 gal bucket fermenter with success controlling fermentation temps for about a year using ~40 water as a coolant.

CHAPMAN VS ANVIL FERMENTER PRO

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Chapman vs anvil fermenter