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If you Google "Son of a fermentation chamber" the guy has 2 different plans for it. I used a whole sheet of 2" polystyrene foam board. With very little waste. Mine holds 2 6.5 gal carboys side by side with about 6" on the side and 4" in the front to spare.

Thats a SOF and they work great, i know because i built one last year and use it every month. Cheap and easy to build, good luck you will like it.

Your beer has not set under pressure long enough to be carbonated. With the 12 psi set and forget method it can take at least 2 weeks or more to carbonate.

I finished my keezer project a couple months ago. I have right about $500 in it. A new kenmore 7.2 freezer 3 perlick faucets and shanks with tail pieces beer and gas line tap handles 3 way manifold Duel gauge regulator 5# co2 tank Wood to make collar and base with casters 2 5 gallon ball lock kegs

Check the recipe section, there is a great one there. Not sure of what its called, something as close as they come. Its a several hundered reply thread. I have it on tap now and brewing it again Fridays. Its a great beer.

Im doing a double brew day Friday, i will try and chill the first batch with just ice water and if that does not give me the results i want i will use my IC first on the second batch. dbrewski, my last name is not "Brewer". My user name is just what my friends that like to drink my beer call me. Lol

I tested mine through 6 foot of 1/2" garden hose at 3' head. i am only chilling 5.5 gallons on a gravity feed system. If i open my valve all the way it takes about 10 min to run it through my CFC. So with ice water and my valvehalf way open it should be doable

I just tried my 264 pump..it pumped 5 gallons in 5 min... i hope with ice water it will get my wort down to the mid 60's in about 20 min. Dont know if thats realistic or not.

Well i bought a 264gph pump at harbor freight. I will try and get it hooked up in the next couple days to see what kind of flow rate it get through my CFC. i can use my IC also if i dont think the flow rate will be enough

I'm planning on doing a double brew day friday. Hopefully i can get a pump by then and use my IC to get the temp down to a 100° then switch on my CFC with reticulated ice water to get the temp down in the low to mid 60's to pitch. David you are right about sharing ideas. I had an idea with this...

I guess i could freeze 4 gallon jugs and use them. I have plenty of freezer space. Now i just have to figure out which pump to get. I dont want to spend alot on this project since its just for summer brewing.

I'm really reconsidering my plans. Im thinking ill use my IC to bring the temp down then switch on my CFC with ice water to bring down to pitch temps.

David i think you just put the brakes on this plan for me. Guess ill just have to deal with slowing my chill time.

Pelipen, what size pump do you have? I have an IC that i thought about using first to get the temp down a bit then kicking on the ice pump but I'm not sure what size pump to get.

Thanks for that info bumstigedy, but i dont have the ability to recirculate my wort. I gravity feed from my kettle to the CFC straight into my carboy. I may look for a cheap pump and see how it works just recirculating the ice water. I'm just afraid it will take to much ice to be worth it.

Huaco, what size pump are you going to use? I know the trick of adding salt to water to get it colder.

I'm not exactly sure of my water temp, i can get my wort down to 70° but it takes about 45 min with the flow restricted from the kettle and the water opened all the way. I've seen a few threads on here of guys using pond pumps but they are all using them with IC. I may just have to live with...

I have a CFC and run it off my garden hose, with the temperature rising its getting harder to chill my 5 gal batches below 70. I was thinking of getting a pond pump and putting in a cooler filled with ice water and pumping that through my CFC. If anyone has done this i would love to hear how...

Thats kind of what i figured, guess ill have to wait till next week to brew. My LHBS is only open thurs- sat.

I brewed the 2 hearted clone from the recipe section using wyeast 1272. I want to brew it again but only have wyeast 1450 and 05 on hand. I know several people used 05 with great results but commented that something was just a little off with it. I was wondering if anyone has used 1450 with good...