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Its called Brewing in a Bag for a reason!

You are welcome. Glad it worked out for you! That's why we post, so others with the motivation can build their own. Congrats!

Made a double batch (two 6 gallon) and used WhiteLabs WPL029 German Ale/ Kolsch Yeast for the first 6 gallons which turned out great! The other half is still lagering with WHiteLabs WPL860 Munich Helles Yeast which I can't wait to try. Thanks for the recipe! The pic goes on my tap handle.

I do have 2 controllers on the fridge, just as you thought. I listed 2 of my builds here for you, the first one is the latest one I built for a fellow homebrewer. It has more pics, parts list and schematics. The second one is my fridge that is almost the same but a bit bigger (I can fit...

I couldn't stand the idea of a plain Ole Paint Job either! Go for it!

It's absolutely possible! Just search for side by side and you will see a bunch of results. Here is a build I did last year. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/side-side-fermenter-keggerator-316056/

I agree with Schlimy except I would use a 200 watt heater from Walmart. It even has a fan. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lasko-Products-My-Heat-Personal-Heater/16503222 If you need some more links, there is one I did last year with a lot of pics and the other is my first build with just a couple...

Too bad you don't live in Pittsburgh. I was looking at CL the other day and remembered seeing something like you wanted so I went back on and found these. There were a couple more but they started getting up there in price.:(

Here is the list you requested ibuhoosier. You could cut the cost down if you buy a couple of the Chinese controllers off of Ebay (and learn Celsius while you're at it!), and maybe get some smaller fans since those were the biggest expense. The rest of the stuff isn't really to expensive, it...

Thanks aplus01. The aluminum L-shape I attached with 10-24 screws all the way thru the center and outside walls. I used 3 screws in each one and it ends up being pretty strong. The shelving base was purchased at Lowes. They have some black metal shelving that you can buy extra shelves for...

This is what I did. Its just a 90 degree peice of metal from HD, where all of the deck bracing stuff is. You can just buy a straight piece if you want and bend it it your needs. Just use a bench vice to bend it. Attach it to the metal lip of the door with some self tapping screws.

Same here with the lager brews, I just happen to have one going at the moment. I would like to see one wrapped in wood and stained! To answer your questions: 1. See picture. This is basically what I did, but just understand that the 2 fridges I did where a little different in the wiring...

Thanks Ceedubya. You probably could but it would take another controller I think, plus it would be a lot more work. If you get a big enough fridge (like my red & black one), you can just stick your bucket or carboy in the freezer side like I am doing now with a lager, leaving the fridge side...

Thats it for the build. I didn't put any taps thru the door on this one, but I set it up for them. I just wanted to show you what it looks like. Here are some of pics of my first build with 2 taps. Thanks everyone for posting your build threads so we don't go in blind when we try to do our own!!

Thanks JWBC, finding a cheap fridge is key in keeping the cost down. I got the white shelves installed today. I just zip-tied them to the silver ones. I also mounted the freezer side probe holder. The white disc (just used a hole-saw on some of the plastic I took out of the fridge) just...

Installed the shelves today. Tomorrow I will put the standard white wire shelves in top of these silver ones. The silver ones are for the strength, and the white ones have the wires close enough to place beer bottles on top of without falling over. The shelf with the fermenting bucket on it is...

It's ALIVE!! I was suprised how nice and clean the outside looks. The red displays look nice against the white. I left it running last night for a test run and everything seems to be going off without a hitch. I still have to add several clamps to the wiring harness going to the door and and...

Worked on the internal wiring today. This is the nice Wal-Mart 200 watt heater that works nicely and has a fan of its own. After looking at my wiring options I decided that I had the most room behind the false wall of the freezer side so I ran all of the wires there to splice together. I know...

I'm surprised that it took her 4 days to find a 13 cu ft freezer! Tell her to go get her own! Now that she knows about it, it's time to get started on the build.

The sheet metal goes on next. I took the plastic out to make more room on the inside. I used the old plastic for a pattern and screw holes. Thats one side done! One more to go...