I have a simple AG recipe, brewing is not the problem here, lagering is. I've read a couple topics where I see people get away with not cold crashing their Koelsch so I feel pretty good just going for it but I had an idea, I'm curious if anyone else here has ever tried it.
Ferment my beer out till it's complete then...
Get a small circular new trashcan and place a clean carboy in it (I would be looking for a can that left about 4 inches free space around the edges of the carboy), then rack the beer into the carboy and cap it off with a CO2 lock. Fill the trashcan with water till the carboy is about 3/5 the way submerged. Take 12 bottles of water pre-frozen, grab 6 and put them in the water and cap the can, then everyday for 2 weeks before work and in the evenings take 6 frozen bottles and place them in the can, pull the 6 melted out and toss them back in the freezer, 12hrs later repeat, 12hrs later repeat, etc..
I've brewed the DFH120 so being a slave to a beer is nothing new to me nor do I mind it but would this benifit me at all or would it be a complete waste of time? I have no hard data to go by but I'm guessing in my basement tucked out of light, lid on, I could probably get that water to stay constant between 50/55 degrees, a couple more bottles, I could probably get it even colder.
I've been weighing the pros and cons to myself and I keep going back and forth, I need some new input, I've almost talked myself into trying it. I'd love to eventually modify a deep freezer but until I have the money, it's DIY on the cheaper side..
Ferment my beer out till it's complete then...
Get a small circular new trashcan and place a clean carboy in it (I would be looking for a can that left about 4 inches free space around the edges of the carboy), then rack the beer into the carboy and cap it off with a CO2 lock. Fill the trashcan with water till the carboy is about 3/5 the way submerged. Take 12 bottles of water pre-frozen, grab 6 and put them in the water and cap the can, then everyday for 2 weeks before work and in the evenings take 6 frozen bottles and place them in the can, pull the 6 melted out and toss them back in the freezer, 12hrs later repeat, 12hrs later repeat, etc..
I've brewed the DFH120 so being a slave to a beer is nothing new to me nor do I mind it but would this benifit me at all or would it be a complete waste of time? I have no hard data to go by but I'm guessing in my basement tucked out of light, lid on, I could probably get that water to stay constant between 50/55 degrees, a couple more bottles, I could probably get it even colder.
I've been weighing the pros and cons to myself and I keep going back and forth, I need some new input, I've almost talked myself into trying it. I'd love to eventually modify a deep freezer but until I have the money, it's DIY on the cheaper side..