Saison Fermentation in Garage?

photobrew said:

I'm trying to figure out if brewing an Amaris hop saison right now and praying that the garage will get be warm enough to let it ferment at the temp I've been seeing a lot of other homebrewers have been using. I am almost positive that my garage will hit 80 once spring/summer arrives here in New England. I've been wanting to do this for a while but the fermentation temp has been throwing me off. My garage I feel would be the best place for it, yes I know it isn't exactly the cleanest place for fermentation, but in case of a blow off, it's about as good as it gets for an option.

If anyone thinks that this will work, that would be awesome to hear your opinions, thanks for the help in advance.

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jdauria said:

As a fellow New Englander, my concern would be temperature swings. If you want to ferment at 80 how do you account for the temperature changes at night or on hot days when the temp gets above 80? While the beer temp won't drop drastically overnight, there will still be swings one way or the other.

The old 1950's garage at my house can be 100 F when the outdoor temp is 80F, or like this past weekend when it was 60, the garage was 40! I know because I was in a t-shirt in the sun and then was freezing when I was in garage trying to fix the opener! But if you have an insulated garage, then you may not get those temp swings as bad.

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photobrew said:

Thanks, for this post. Just what I needed a fellow NEer who knows the crazy conditions of the place we call home!
Cheers!

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tennesseean_87 said:

Use a water bath without wet t-shirt to stabilize temps.

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photobrew said:

How do you do a water bath?

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