TimpanogosSlim
Well-Known Member
That is what i learned yesterday.
Last week, I bought a 5cf freezer of the commercial sort. A reach-in. Like they stick in a wide aisle at a grocery store. This one advertises Reddi-Wip.
After some fiddling with the knob on the front, i determined that it is capable of some measure of holding temperature in ale fermentation ranges without any modification. I have a 110v aquarium controller all lined up for the job, but no time to install it yet.
So on Sunday i brewed an interpretation of Revvy's pumpkin porter (just the porter, not the full partigyle).
Sunday night i ended up fiddling with the controls until i thought i was in the right range, then Monday morning i find my wort sitting at about 45f.
I fiddle with the controls some more, go to work, come home, and find the wort sitting about 70f. Not great, not terrible.
So i fiddled with it some more. a few episodes of over and under through the evening.
6:30am Tuesday i wake up, stumble to the closet i stuck it in, open the door, and see condensation on the inside of the glass.
Thermometer stuck to the carboy reads over 80f.
I slide open the top and get a snout full of banana bread odors and carbonic acid.
*sigh*.
S-05 really does put out some heat, doesn't it. First time I've used it. Notty never did this to me!
Whatever i did to it in my tuesday morning panic has it holding steady at 60, but it's clear that this beer is not going to be everything it could have been.
Last week, I bought a 5cf freezer of the commercial sort. A reach-in. Like they stick in a wide aisle at a grocery store. This one advertises Reddi-Wip.
After some fiddling with the knob on the front, i determined that it is capable of some measure of holding temperature in ale fermentation ranges without any modification. I have a 110v aquarium controller all lined up for the job, but no time to install it yet.
So on Sunday i brewed an interpretation of Revvy's pumpkin porter (just the porter, not the full partigyle).
Sunday night i ended up fiddling with the controls until i thought i was in the right range, then Monday morning i find my wort sitting at about 45f.
I fiddle with the controls some more, go to work, come home, and find the wort sitting about 70f. Not great, not terrible.
So i fiddled with it some more. a few episodes of over and under through the evening.
6:30am Tuesday i wake up, stumble to the closet i stuck it in, open the door, and see condensation on the inside of the glass.
Thermometer stuck to the carboy reads over 80f.
I slide open the top and get a snout full of banana bread odors and carbonic acid.
*sigh*.
S-05 really does put out some heat, doesn't it. First time I've used it. Notty never did this to me!
Whatever i did to it in my tuesday morning panic has it holding steady at 60, but it's clear that this beer is not going to be everything it could have been.