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I dropped in twice but haven't had a chance to catch the owner. I need to find his hours listed somewhere.

You can also try Princeton Homebrew near Trenton. I buy everything from Brett at BYOB though, live by Delran myself

M "Malt-un Hops"?

Sealing a few seams has me comfortable at 65c. There is even some ice left in the water bottles when I swap it out every 12 hours. I'm still going to go the a/c route just so I don't have to swap bottles continually, but at least this batch is holding steady

Do you have it plugged into a controller, like a STC-1000 and just set for "full blast" when it kicks on? Or do you just have the thermostat set to the lowest?

Badass. With fermentation being a some degrees warmer than ambient, I was worried that if the unit stopped at 60, the lowest it could get is 65-68.

Maybe I'll grab a used chest freezer that can fit two carboys and another stc-1000 and dedicate that to lagers. I'll have my ale chamber and lager box side by side

Well, I came home to my chiller at 19.5 - it's set to 19.6 and the bottles not frozen but still cold 12 hours later. So my work looks to have improved things, but its definitely not there yet. At least I don't have to rush things to get a swamp cooler setup. I can swap bottles back and forth for...

Are you talking about bypassing the controller to drop below 60?

How many BTUs is you A/C?

And you're able to chill down to 60-62? I know fermenting gets a bit warmer, so I'd be happy fermenting at 65ish

Nice. For that price, I wonder if I could use a chest freezer and cut a hole in the side for a fan Something like this: http://southjersey.craigslist.org/app/3895226775.html

I actually have a thick piece of 2" insulation cutting the chamber in half it runs full height and is snug

Would switching the fridge out for a window A/c be feasible?

Only the front half is in the chamber. the coils are out the back.

How do you check that?

Yeah, I think I need to go back over all of the seals and make sure there are no leaks.

Yes, which makes me think I need to recheck all of my seals.

I'm planning on re-cutting foamboard for the lid so that it goes past the side. This will also help the weather stripping I added to form a better seal. Yes, the fridge runs as well as having the ice and the fan in there.

Ambient temperature is around 75 in that room. The volume is large, but I put in a divider to try and close up the space a bit. As for the seal on the chamber door, I added weatherstripping (not in the pictures) to where the lips meet. I should probably re-cut the foam on the lid to go past the...