Jekster
Well-Known Member
I recently moved into an older house with tons of charm but no central air. We have window units and I know that it's going to be hard to control my fermentation temps with the old ice water bath and towel trick.
My thoughts are to buy a wine cellar fridge and use it to house one carboy for fermentation at a time. I would get a chest freezer, however I don't have nearly enough room for that in my new place. I have scoped out the market a bit and found this bad boy:
Danby - 35-Bottle Wine Cooler - Black - DWC350BLP
I'm fairly certain it has enough room to hold my better bottle fermentors, but wanted to hear if anyone had comments or suggestions before I throw down the cash. My one concern is that it has a temperature range between (42.8°F - 57.2°F). My question would be do you think 57 is the minimum temp? Or could I keep this sucker at a nice 62-65 for some good ale fermenting?
All in all I'm just looking for comments and anyone that can pick out things that I might be overlooking. I'm dieing to brew and would like to get this soon if possible. I'm running out of homebrew and it's a scary thing!
My thoughts are to buy a wine cellar fridge and use it to house one carboy for fermentation at a time. I would get a chest freezer, however I don't have nearly enough room for that in my new place. I have scoped out the market a bit and found this bad boy:
Danby - 35-Bottle Wine Cooler - Black - DWC350BLP
I'm fairly certain it has enough room to hold my better bottle fermentors, but wanted to hear if anyone had comments or suggestions before I throw down the cash. My one concern is that it has a temperature range between (42.8°F - 57.2°F). My question would be do you think 57 is the minimum temp? Or could I keep this sucker at a nice 62-65 for some good ale fermenting?
All in all I'm just looking for comments and anyone that can pick out things that I might be overlooking. I'm dieing to brew and would like to get this soon if possible. I'm running out of homebrew and it's a scary thing!