Fermentation Cooler ...

[Duster]

Had a super warm garage for my brew, which I realized is not a good idea..... I got a fermentation cooler - very nice....

I guess Ill be using this throughout summer... Seems to work well...

 

[bobeer]

pretty cost effective way to have a controlled way to ferment. How do you keep it cold in there? Is it sort of a swamp cooler type thing? If so, how often do you have to change out water/frozen water bottles and how hot is your garage?

 

[rodwha]

Can you keep that indoors instead? I'd think it would struggle to stay cool in the garage.

What do you think of it? As I'd need two or three I think it may just be better to build a fermentation chamber, which would make SWMBO happy as she'd get a large portion of that freezer back, and keep me from needing to concern myself with it every 8-12 hours allowing me to go camping or some such.

 

[cease]

I have been using the Cool Brew bag for around 4 months in a closet indoors. Ambient is around 70* to 80* but it can hold a 6G carboy at 68* with one 2 liter bottle of ice and at 64* with a gallon bottle with very little temp swings (2* I have a thermometer with high/low history).

Overall worth it of you dont have the space for a proper freezer etc. and less messy than a swamp cooler.


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[Duster]

Can you keep that indoors instead? I'd think it would struggle to stay cool in the garage.

Yes a chamber would be better if you needed room for 3+ fermentors. I do keep in inside now - not in the garage - and its easy to switch out the frozen 2-litter bottles.