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Thanks. Unfortunately that was my suspicion. Good news is I've already sourced a near-new freezer chest for $20 on CL. When i covert the fridge to the digital 'stat, how much of a variation from the fridge section should I expect the freezer to be? I assume I can keep bottles/cans in there...

I have an old fridge that I use for my 2 kegs. My wife keeps extra food in the freezer on top. I need to install a precise thermostat for the fridge part, but want to keep the freezer fully functional. Is this possible? Most of the talk I hear about precise control thermostats involve a...

Sounds like that Dupont was old or uncared for. It should not be skunky, but light, crisp and a little tart with those nice citrus notes. I love Hennepin, but Dupont > Hennepin IMO. I once had a bottle of 4 year old Hennepin. It poured dark amber, smelled like vinegar and tasted like band-aids.

I'm fermenting a Hoegaarden clone right now and getting a strong sulfur odor out of an active primary fermentation. It started for 2 days in a 62F ambient area and moved up to a ~67-69 F ambient area (4 days total). The higher temp area is where I really noticed the odor. You say that too low...

How did this turn out? What temp did you pitch and ferment at? I'm reading all kinds of conflicting info on the belgian strains. Some say to pitch cold and keep the temp steady, other say pitch cold and ramp up the temp gently, others say to pitch high and ferment even higher than a typical...