I've been thinking about how to cellar my beer at a nice cool temperature year around but I'm unable to do this in my house for lack of fridge space.
So here is my idea. I'll dig a deep hole, put a 55gal drum in it and place my beer in there. I have a large backhoe, so this is not a problem. I can go down to 20 feet with it. But I'm thinking I only need the top of the drum to be 2 or 3 feet below the frost line. Then I would cover it with insulation, a steel plate and dirt on top.
I would only be putting very high alcohol brews in the drum for long aging.
Does anyone know how far down you have to go to reach a constant 50-55 degree temp all year around?
Has anyone else here done this?
So here is my idea. I'll dig a deep hole, put a 55gal drum in it and place my beer in there. I have a large backhoe, so this is not a problem. I can go down to 20 feet with it. But I'm thinking I only need the top of the drum to be 2 or 3 feet below the frost line. Then I would cover it with insulation, a steel plate and dirt on top.
I would only be putting very high alcohol brews in the drum for long aging.
Does anyone know how far down you have to go to reach a constant 50-55 degree temp all year around?
Has anyone else here done this?