greyhoundbrewing
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heres what i did. i try to brew with the seasons but my cousin is having a bag pipe gig in the spring and they drink lagers. so i made a bitburger like pils but my basement isnt cold enough yet. so what i did was i took the red bucket, the one at parties that the beer goes in, and put the fermentation bucket in it with a water bath up to the 5 gallon mark and left it outside. it doesnt get that cold yet at night maybe the upper 40s.
my rationale is, with a large amount of water it takes a lot of energy to raise the temp. so it "should" stay pretty constant unless we get a cold snap. i checked it last night before bed and read 50F and this afternoon it read 54F. if we were to get a cold snap i can always bring it into the garage.
i guess its along the lines of a swamp cooler and i think itll work?
any comments or concerns
my rationale is, with a large amount of water it takes a lot of energy to raise the temp. so it "should" stay pretty constant unless we get a cold snap. i checked it last night before bed and read 50F and this afternoon it read 54F. if we were to get a cold snap i can always bring it into the garage.
i guess its along the lines of a swamp cooler and i think itll work?
any comments or concerns