Dealing with no temp control.

[Steveruch]

I've moved from 850 square feet to under 300 and simply don't have room for a dedicated fridge or even room to set up a swamp cooling thing.
Any ideas?

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Do you have an air conditioner? Crank that effer down to 70 and stick with ales.

 

[mashinary]

What is the ambient temp in the room? If it's around 70, you could try chilling to 50 before pitching and hope for the best.

 

[SEndorf]

Many room temp yeasts available, but you might wrap a cool wet towel when it starts to take off.
https://www.whitelabs.com/sites/default/files/YeastGuide-poster_2018_0.pdf

 

[mirthfuldragon]

Look at Norwegian yeasts (Omega's Hot Head, Voss Kveik, and Hornidal Kviek) - they are neutral at even high temperatures. Saisons and Belgian styles also like it warm or hot.

 

[Steveruch]

Do you have an air conditioner? Crank that effer down to 70 and stick with ales.

No, electricity is way too expensive here. Luckily it is a pretty temperate climate here and a c is rarely needed.

 

[Steveruch]

What is the ambient temp in the room? If it's around 70, you could try chilling to 50 before pitching and hope for the best.

It varies quite a bit from the low 70s in the late afternoon to the mid-upper 50s in the morning.
We are living in an old school bus that we are converting to a mini-house. There's not a lot of insulation so the temp can vary quite a bit during the day, especially if it's sunny.

 

[Steveruch]

Many room temp yeasts available, but you might wrap a cool wet towel when it starts to take off.
https://www.whitelabs.com/sites/default/files/YeastGuide-poster_2018_0.pdf

I was thinking that I'd have to maybe deal with the situation via yeast.

 

[jtratcliff]

Any room under the bus? party tub with ice, or DIY son of fermentation chiller should fit underneath if it's still bus height, I should think.

 

[Steveruch]

Look at Norwegian yeasts (Omega's Hot Head, Voss Kveik, and Hornidal Kviek) - they are neutral at even high temperatures. Saisons and Belgian styles also like it warm or hot.

I'd be good with a saison, but since the ambient temp varies a lot I was concerned with it cooling off too much over night and the fermentation stalling.

 

[Steveruch]

Any room under the bus? party tub with ice, or DIY son of fermentation chiller should fit underneath if it's still bus height, I should think.

The highest clearance under the bus is 22 inches. I definitely have to do some measuring.
Although that still leaves me with the issue of the swing in temperatures from early morning to late afternoon.

 

[jtratcliff]

The highest clearance under the bus is 22 inches.

hmmm that might just fit a bucket or carboy but probably not with an air lock....

The ambient temp would have less of an effect with a party tub full of ice water buffering the beer temp. Or in a insulated SoFC...
Should be shaded and have better airflow than inside, as well.

Not saying there'd be "no effect" ... just less of an effect than sitting out in the open, inside the bus.

 

[bleme]

Can you dig a pit?

 

[Steveruch]

Can you dig a pit?

That sounds too much like work.

 

[Steveruch]

hmmm that might just fit a bucket or carboy but probably not with an air lock....

The ambient temp would have less of an effect with a party tub full of ice water buffering the beer temp. Or in a insulated SoFC...
Should be shaded and have better airflow than inside, as well.

Not saying there'd be "no effect" ... just less of an effect than sitting out in the open, inside the bus.

Thanks, you've given me some good food for thought.

 

[RipC1ty]

US-05 is super forgiving with temperature and acts quickly

 

[Sparkncode]

You could put it under or on the shaded side of the bus as suggested and then have a heat pad under it for overnight and cover with a blanket since they draw very little power just to prevent it going too low

 

[GPP33]

That sounds too much like work.

You’ve already dig yourself quite a hole by moving into a bus with expensive electricity. Not many options now that don’t involve either a little work or sub par beer. I actually like the pit idea, I could easily dig a pit that could house a tub of water to stabilize temp in about 30 minutes. Unless you live on a giant rock I’d give this option a little more thought.

 

[NTexBrewer]

https://www.brewjacket.com/product/immersion-pro-dual-heating-cooling/

While pricy, this will give you great results.