Craigslist Freezer Score

[LumberjackJohn]

Hey everyone, got this tonight from a guy on the NW side of town. Its a Holiday seven (7) cubic foot chest freezer. I paid $50 so I don't think I did too bad. Right now I'm going to use it as a fermentation chamber, as I don't keg yet.

As you can see, I can fit either two 5 gallon carboys or two buckets in it, or one of each. Since I only brew one batch at a time right now, there's some dead space, but I will work it out!

 

[acyl]

Whats the point of fermenting inside of a freezer? Seems like a waste of money to me.

 

[LumberjackJohn]

Obviously I'm going to regulate the temperature. Not having central air, the house is always hot and the temp never stable. This will let me control that variable.

 

[Whut]

Nice score LJJ. Get yourself an external controller and let the fermenting begin. Nothing better than being able to control temps at specific settings for the perfect pint.

 

[LumberjackJohn]

Yeah, my last few batches have all had something off about them. I can't be sure it was the fermenting temp, but at least this way I can mostly rule that out of the next batches. I'm thinking of wiring up my own like I've seen on the DIY forums. Go to HD and get a Rite Temp.