List of carboy ready fridges & freezers

[bristela]

I've tried looking for this but to no avail.

Is there a list somewhere of fridges & freezers that large enough to fit a 6.5 gallon carboy with air lock without any significant modification?

I appreciate this isn't very DIY but can't find any other discussions of fermentation chambers. I was thinking a sticky with a list would be useful for people (like me) that just want to buy a fridge and a temp controller and be done with it. Such a list could also rank fridges by how much work they would need so they could be used as fermentation chambers. It would also make the process of searching Craigslist, etc. a lot easier if you knew which makes and models to look out for.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[agrazela]

I don't know if this particular model is made anymore (Magic Chef Vissani MCWC52B), but I have two of them. Each one fits a 6.5gal plastic Big Mouth Bubbler with 3-pc airlock, or two standard 5gal ball-lock cornies, inside:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vissani-52-...668121?hash=item3ac48cd919:g:fMAAAOSwagdXSd7k

Craps, I should go buy that one to have me a spare!

 

[stonebrewer]

There are a lot of threads on here that talk about fridges and freezers, look for keezers as a lot of them have discussions on dimensions. You could always start putting together that list yourself and help the next person out with that question...

Some things to watch out for are the design of the cooling lines. Some freezers attach them to shelves so the shelves are not removable, or you have to bend delicate coolant lines which can be risky. Avoid these types as they make getting a 6.5G carboy in difficult. Chest freezers in general will work, however I have one and I will say that getting my 50L carboy in with 10-12 gallons is all I can handle, and I am not a little guy! Probably would avoid them if you can find a good upright.

Some links that might help ya:

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/fermentation-chamber-recommendations.16628/

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=483130

http://homebrewacademy.com/fermentation-chamber-options/

 

[raysmithtx]

Lots of information on sizes of different model number here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=377518

 

[day_trippr]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=377518

It's getting a bit dated, but if nothing else one can get a pretty good idea how many fermentors can be fit in a given size class...

Cheers!

 

[bristela]

Thanks guys. These last two are exactly what I'm looking for. Perhaps this should be a sticky in the DIY section?

 

[day_trippr]

Thanks guys. These last two are exactly what I'm looking for. Perhaps this should be a sticky in the DIY section?

It's already a sticky in the Bottling/Kegging forum.
You could argue whether that's the best place for it, but that's where it is

Cheers!

 

[bristela]

It's already a sticky in the Bottling/Kegging forum.
You could argue whether that's the best place for it, but that's where it is

Cheers!

Wonder if a redirect might be sufficient