bigken462
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G'morning guys.
Having just moved into my house in January, I now have a full basement to store stuff in. It's unfinished, with no AC vents. In the past few months that I have lived there, the temps seem to stay at around 60-63 degrees or so. I'm not sure what to expect this summer yet.
I have a chest freezer with temp control I normally use, but am limited to two batches while they ferment out. If needed, I also have a large 10 gallon ceramic pickling crock that I can submerge a carboy in with a aquarium heater so that gives me maybe one more option for a third batch.
Preferably though, I would like to be able to just store a primary or three on a shelf in the basement without the hassle of waterbaths etc and let them do their thing to free up my freezer to do other lagers and such.
Is there any favorite yeast strains that does well with those temps? My idea is to get a few long term beers going that I can let sit there for a while to age out. I've noticed the last few batches that I've done, the basement is only a few degrees cooler than the 67* I normally set my controller to.
I don't typically brew big beers and generally keep them at 1.060 or below.
Do ya'll think it's safe to brew a few up, sit them on a shelf and let'em do their thing?
Having just moved into my house in January, I now have a full basement to store stuff in. It's unfinished, with no AC vents. In the past few months that I have lived there, the temps seem to stay at around 60-63 degrees or so. I'm not sure what to expect this summer yet.
I have a chest freezer with temp control I normally use, but am limited to two batches while they ferment out. If needed, I also have a large 10 gallon ceramic pickling crock that I can submerge a carboy in with a aquarium heater so that gives me maybe one more option for a third batch.
Preferably though, I would like to be able to just store a primary or three on a shelf in the basement without the hassle of waterbaths etc and let them do their thing to free up my freezer to do other lagers and such.
Is there any favorite yeast strains that does well with those temps? My idea is to get a few long term beers going that I can let sit there for a while to age out. I've noticed the last few batches that I've done, the basement is only a few degrees cooler than the 67* I normally set my controller to.
I don't typically brew big beers and generally keep them at 1.060 or below.
Do ya'll think it's safe to brew a few up, sit them on a shelf and let'em do their thing?