Huge fermentation chamber

GuentherSehn · Feb 23, 2011

This is my first post. I read this forum pretty much every day and the topics are so detailed that usually I don't have anything interesting to say so I just read them and learn.

Well, since I started making beer one of the first projects that I really liked were fermentation chambers. After some time, I decided to build one.

Here are the pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/gtsehn/NovaCamaraFria

And here is the first beer I made with my new equipment and using the new chamber: https://picasaweb.google.com/gtsehn/NovoEquipamento

I hope you guys like it.

Cheers from Brazil.

Guenther

Reelale · Feb 23, 2011

Well done. That thing is huge. And very nice construction. Any problems with the refrigeration unit?

strat_thru_marshall · Feb 23, 2011

holy crap, thats awesome! Now you have to brew enough beers to keep it FULL at all times!

GuentherSehn · Feb 23, 2011

No problems. It pulls all the moisture out, and since it has a very good sealing it stays dry. Besides that the controller I`m using does a defrost twice a day just to be sure.

The defrost is done by activating the heater function of the AC which heats the evaporator keeping the fans off. The controller has 2 sensors.. one for the chamber and another one just for the evaporator.

I keep the bottom chamber near 0 celcius and the top chamber is in fact 2 chambers, one for ales and the other with a lower temperature (lagering of just serving). The wall that separating the 2 top chambers and be moved to either left or right).

GuentherSehn · Feb 23, 2011

strat_thru_marshall said:
holy crap, thats awesome! Now you have to brew enough beers to keep it FULL at all times!

Yeah man... I can put around 20 corny kegs (in the bottom chamber) so.... yeah.. my friends and family are happy....

Another good thing is that since it`s big I can do some experiences like aging high gravity beers for months at low temperatures and still have space to brew other normal beers.