TheJadedDog

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This question is really for anyone living in an apartment without access to a basement or central air...

How do you go about regulating the temperature during bottle conditioning? While winter is coming soon and living in NE this won't be an issue for me for several months, it can get up to th high 90s in the summer and I have no space for an extra fridge ect... to keep my bottles cool (I barely have space to keep my fermentor cool).

What effect will this have on my conditioning/long term viability and does anyone have any ideas on how I can keep the temp down?

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trinitone

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Do you have window A/C or no A/C at all?

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Planning: Ned's Red (Flanders style)
Primary: Niet
Secondary 1: Cripple Kriek (a 'pseudo' cherry lambic)
Secondary 2: Monk's Tripel...
Bottled: Dark Star Brown Ale, Watership Stout, Yet to be named cider

Well... a person can work up a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothing much at all.

This kind of an area is the best place for survival because you do have good, basically intelligent, hard working, decent people and they're all armed to the teeth... and that's my kind of people.

TheJadedDog

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I have 1 window A/C in the bedroom, that's it.

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trinitone

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Sounds like the space under your bed has just become your cellar. It would be dark and probably the coolest spot in your place. If there is no/not enough hieght, you could invest $10-15 in a set of "bed risers" to get the needed clearance. Or perhaps the bottom of a closet. you could even rig up some duct work to force some of that cold air to the bottles.

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Planning: Ned's Red (Flanders style)
Primary: Niet
Secondary 1: Cripple Kriek (a 'pseudo' cherry lambic)
Secondary 2: Monk's Tripel...
Bottled: Dark Star Brown Ale, Watership Stout, Yet to be named cider

Well... a person can work up a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothing much at all.

This kind of an area is the best place for survival because you do have good, basically intelligent, hard working, decent people and they're all armed to the teeth... and that's my kind of people.

Pumbaa

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got a storage locker in the basement?

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thennig

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A basement is ideal... however, I stored my carboy in a closet and watched the temp everyday. If the temp were too high I would put a wet towel over the carboy. My old apartment was a second level, but I never had a problem with high temperatures during winter months. I like the idea of using an A/C though.

Tim Hennig
Appleton, WI

Beer Snob

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I have never brewed in a house. Always have lived in an apartment and never had a problem. Don't think too hard on this one... just put the cases in a closet or something. Keep em out of the sunlight you know. You'll be fine as long as they stay moderately room temp (outside of the dead of summer in 105 degree rooms that is... I also use an AC in the Summer).

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Michael

"Don't worry, have a homebrew." ,"The "Bible"

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I ferment in one of these puppies. Only about 40 bucks worth of materials and you can ferment at atleast 65 no problem with (2) 2 liter bottles of frozen water a day. I say atleast 65 cause that's all I've tested it down to (while the ambient room temp is >80, at times higher than 90). PM me if you're interested and I can link you the plans or just search for "Fermenter Chiller" on google.