Fermentation ideas

[Jamie02173]

I am currently converting a fridge as a fermentation chamber but this will only fit one 20l vessell and i would like to produce more then one brew at the same time!
So im wondering does anyone have advice on specific types of beer, lager, ale etc that can be left in a room at ambient temperature uk winter about 46 to 60f (dropping at night) and the quality will not be affected

 

[Golddiggie]

Look into fermenting under pressure. There's a good amount of info online (articles plus youtube videos) about it.

I built a chamber with a mini fridge for the cooling engine earlier this year (summer time) since my basement was in the 80's for some reason (normally in the 55-65F range year round). Now it's back into the mid 60's so it's not turning on. That wasn't a bad project, just had to work on it.

You could also extend out the fridge you're working on so that it can hold more batches. Depending on how handy you are and such. Are you going to add a heating element to your chamber as well, or just cooling?? For heating, you could just use a heating pad connected to a controller and be good to go.

You could probably just put your fermenter in a normal part of your house/home and ferment under pressure without issue.

I started fermenting in stainless commercial kegs early on. The fact that they have zero light penetration and can handle pressure (about 35psi for commercial kegs) makes them very versatile.

 

[Jamie02173]

Im new to this but pretty handy.. i saw a video were he extended out a fridge by using a type of 6 inch wooden frame around the door but depending on the fridge it could be challenging removing and replacing the door.. for now i have 2 of your usual 20l home brew buckets with lids and a corny keg so i will look into extending the fridge as it will be a great help to ferment together although the temperature differences with lager and beer are possibly different so im guessing my best choice is to brew the same brew if i can fit 2 in a fermentation chamber..
I have purchased a heat mat and a temperature controller with the plug for hot and cold

 

[Golddiggie]

Some pictures of what I built for the chamber. I used a PID that I hard wired for the fridge. I don't have anything connected to the 'heat' side since the thing is insulated enough that I don't expect to need to add any heat.

I made the mounts for the gas springs you see.

The keg you see inside the chamber is a 50L adapted to be a fermenter.
I've also made some additional alterations to it recently to get it to seal better.

 

[Jamie02173]

Thats a great idea
I had a similar idea at the beginning but I was worrying about the overall seal and heat escaping, on the other hand is the fan neccasary? ive seen mixed opinions, is this to prevent co2 build up? And the keg conversion i am now interested in! You have opened another can of worms now! Oh one more question im assuming you have it on the cold connection and set at ambient temperature?