Brettomomyces
LHBS Curmudgeon
So, throwing out this question in kind of a broad way, but I'm looking for advice in the best way to utilize my large fermentation chamber.
It's a Fischer Scientific isotemp fridge, around 40cf with two big sliding doors. I got it on craigslist for a great price. The original owners got it free from work and had tried to use it to start a flower business, and then homebrew but they did not brew enough to make it worth using. They also had originally wired in a Johnson A419 digital controller, but my garage gets real cold in the winter so I wanted dual range and built a STC1000 controller for it. Using a small (tiny) space heater inside for heat. Rewiring that was fun...but the fridge has a light and a fan that run independently from the compressor, and the compressor itself is now powered directly by the STC controller.
So, what do you feel is the best way to utilize such a large space? I'm open to any advice on this... I could build stands and fit 4 sankes if I really wanted volume, but I don't go through that much beer. I brew 1-2 times a month doing 10g, mostly ales but I've been doing some lagers lately. I have a kegerator that fits 6 cornies. For fermentation vessels, 2 carboys and 2 sankes with tri clover fermenter kits from Brewhardware. Aside from that, I have hallway space that's relatively constant around 62-65.
Surprisingly this fridge is great on power consumption, and I have not noticed a large change in our bill in the 2 months I've owned it. It's incredibly well insulated.
It came with more of those racks, I think 7 in total, but they're not very strong an only maybe 20-30lbs a shelf before I'd feel uncomfortable.
It's a Fischer Scientific isotemp fridge, around 40cf with two big sliding doors. I got it on craigslist for a great price. The original owners got it free from work and had tried to use it to start a flower business, and then homebrew but they did not brew enough to make it worth using. They also had originally wired in a Johnson A419 digital controller, but my garage gets real cold in the winter so I wanted dual range and built a STC1000 controller for it. Using a small (tiny) space heater inside for heat. Rewiring that was fun...but the fridge has a light and a fan that run independently from the compressor, and the compressor itself is now powered directly by the STC controller.
So, what do you feel is the best way to utilize such a large space? I'm open to any advice on this... I could build stands and fit 4 sankes if I really wanted volume, but I don't go through that much beer. I brew 1-2 times a month doing 10g, mostly ales but I've been doing some lagers lately. I have a kegerator that fits 6 cornies. For fermentation vessels, 2 carboys and 2 sankes with tri clover fermenter kits from Brewhardware. Aside from that, I have hallway space that's relatively constant around 62-65.
Surprisingly this fridge is great on power consumption, and I have not noticed a large change in our bill in the 2 months I've owned it. It's incredibly well insulated.
It came with more of those racks, I think 7 in total, but they're not very strong an only maybe 20-30lbs a shelf before I'd feel uncomfortable.
