ReeseAllen
Well-Known Member
I have this running in my living room right now. The house has fluctuated between 75 and 85 F and I have yet to see either of the fermenters get up to 70 F. Typically I have seen 66-68 F. Fermentation is very active. These carboys hold 10 gallons of brown ale that I brewed on Saturday and pitched hydrated Nottingham into on Sunday.
- Plastic bin
- $20 aquarium pump
- $20 box fan
- Two old t-shirts
- $5 worth of tubing/PVC
- A bucketful of water
Here in Seattle, we only have to deal with heat for about four or five weeks out of the whole year, and it rarely gets over 90 F, so many of us don't have AC. This setup gives me a cheap and easy way to keep brewing ale throughout the summer.