Long story short, my brewing fridge can't cool properly so I talked SWMBO into a new food fridge and I get the old one. So I now have a great brewing fridge, and one with a working freezer but the fridge part cools poorly, and I probably shouldn't work it too hard or it will die.
Trying to decide the best config to use these in but some space for bottle lagering is real high on my agenda (I won't be kegging anytime soon).
Questions:
1. Lets say I temp-control the old freezer for lagering bottles. How do people ensure that things don't accidentally get too cold and the beer gets frozen? Seems the margin between frozen/wrecked beer and proper lagering temperatures is very slim. Where is the best place for a STC-1000 probe? Don't want to age my nice beers for 6 months and find they are bricked from cold-spots in the freezer
2. If I permanently mount a fan pointing at the compressor, does that help things? I noticed it was getting very warm.
3. If the fridge does die, what do people use them for? Seems that an insulated dark cupboard could actually be useful, even without cooling capacity.
Any advice appreciated.
Trying to decide the best config to use these in but some space for bottle lagering is real high on my agenda (I won't be kegging anytime soon).
Questions:
1. Lets say I temp-control the old freezer for lagering bottles. How do people ensure that things don't accidentally get too cold and the beer gets frozen? Seems the margin between frozen/wrecked beer and proper lagering temperatures is very slim. Where is the best place for a STC-1000 probe? Don't want to age my nice beers for 6 months and find they are bricked from cold-spots in the freezer
2. If I permanently mount a fan pointing at the compressor, does that help things? I noticed it was getting very warm.
3. If the fridge does die, what do people use them for? Seems that an insulated dark cupboard could actually be useful, even without cooling capacity.
Any advice appreciated.