Curious if anyone has used a wine refrig for primary ferment of lagers? Instead of putting an external thermostat on a regular fridge I was thinking that a good sized wine fridge would be a good cooler. They look like many will hold temps anywhere from 45 - 65 degrees. Have seen quite a few on craigslist for cheap. Does anyone use these?
Wine Refrig for Fermenting Lagers?
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JediJoel
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Sounds like a great idea to me. Just waiting to see if anyone has tried it...
demonrichie
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ya and with a glass door you can watch your fermentation w/o lettin out the cold
The Blow Leprechaun
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I got a wine refrigerator off craigslist for free because the internal temperature controller stopped working. Plugged it into an external one and it works fine for me.
samc
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I use mine for lagering @ 31-32F with an external thermo. The built in one did not get cold enough nor was it very accurate.
