Has anyone built a fermentation cabinet that doesn't use power? I mean, a cabinet that is insulated from the changes in ambient temperature without actually doing anything to alter the temperature inside the cabinet? I have a converted cabinet freezer that I am using for lagering so that is not a concern for what I want to build. I want to use my basement for fermentation but temperature swings between about 62 and 70 (as read from my fermometers, not the ambient temperature). I feel that 62 is a little on the low side so I was thinking that I could build an insulated cabinet to keep in the warmth. I'm not so concerned about cooling as I am about it being too cool. My basement doesn't get that hot anyway.
I am guessing all I need to do is build a simple cabinet and stick some insulation on the inside of it and be done.
I've searched for plans but everything I have seen so far makes use of fridges / freezers and / or space heaters. I don't want any of that. Something more simple should suffice, I think.
I am guessing all I need to do is build a simple cabinet and stick some insulation on the inside of it and be done.
I've searched for plans but everything I have seen so far makes use of fridges / freezers and / or space heaters. I don't want any of that. Something more simple should suffice, I think.