carrotmalt
Well-Known Member
Well, just when I thought I had my setup all figured out, I realize that my garage fridge can't be a fermentation chamber and a fridge at the same time. I've been enjoying a successful all grain batch of Ed's Bee Cave Pale Ale for the last couple weeks, and my brewing confidence has had a boost since I've gotten good reviews from friends. Now I'm ready to get another batch going since I'm sure this batch won't last long.
Problem is I use the same garage fridge with a t-stat override to ferment in, crash cool, etc. that I have my current batch kegged in. How I long to have a pipeline going like I've read about here, but I'm just now realizing that I think I need another fridge for that to happen. I tried bottling a few using a stopper in the bottle to slowly bleed off CO2 like I read about here so I could just keep a sixer cold in the family frig inside. I was disappointed to find them much flatter a few days later than when drinking from the keg. Do most folks have two separate refrigerators dedicated to their homebrew? Please tell me I'm not going to have to start campaigning again for yet another fridge/freezer!
Problem is I use the same garage fridge with a t-stat override to ferment in, crash cool, etc. that I have my current batch kegged in. How I long to have a pipeline going like I've read about here, but I'm just now realizing that I think I need another fridge for that to happen. I tried bottling a few using a stopper in the bottle to slowly bleed off CO2 like I read about here so I could just keep a sixer cold in the family frig inside. I was disappointed to find them much flatter a few days later than when drinking from the keg. Do most folks have two separate refrigerators dedicated to their homebrew? Please tell me I'm not going to have to start campaigning again for yet another fridge/freezer!