Has anyone ever used one of these? I'm thinking about when summer rolls around. We don't have a basement and our home runs about 78 degrees in the summer; a bit warm for brewing. Do you think it would work well to keep the temperature down?
ok, thanks so much guys for the quick response. I've got my bottling tube and I'm going to sanitize with easy clean and then just use that water to run the hose into. Does that sound about right?
My problem is I don't have the materials to make one and I'm home right now with three small kids. How bad does it get? The carboy won't break or anything if I leave it, will it?
Ok, so I had read about overflow but hadn't paid much attention because we didn't have the issue with the first batch we made. Well now I'm attempting to make a batch of Graff and I just walked in to the pantry to see the carboy practically exploding the top off the airlock. There's juice...