30Bones
Well-Known Member
So I have a massive older 23cf refrigerator with a freezer up top I've used as my serving fridge (5 kegs) with a bit extra for misc bottle storage. Freezer has a few household food items and my hops.
Recently bought a new 15cf chest freezer and temp control it for fermentation. Life is grand right?
I brew also in my garage where both units reside. Well it's getting hot out and the fridge can't cool worth a damn, runs 24/7 and is holding at 60. Thinking I may move it to the basement for continued use since it should work properly in a more controlled temp environment. Not a fan of lugging kegs to the basement much less to pour a pint is my main reason not to do this.
Why not ditch the refrigerator and use my keezer as my serving unit and the couple weeks every couple months I brew I can up the temps to ferment and just not serve out of my kegs for that timeframe. I don't want to get into fermwraps and other controllers at this point. I can fit maybe 6 kegs in it and 2 buckets/BB/carboys and only need to build a collar and install my faucets. And I regain some valuable garage space.
Thoughts? Current setup
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Recently bought a new 15cf chest freezer and temp control it for fermentation. Life is grand right?
I brew also in my garage where both units reside. Well it's getting hot out and the fridge can't cool worth a damn, runs 24/7 and is holding at 60. Thinking I may move it to the basement for continued use since it should work properly in a more controlled temp environment. Not a fan of lugging kegs to the basement much less to pour a pint is my main reason not to do this.
Why not ditch the refrigerator and use my keezer as my serving unit and the couple weeks every couple months I brew I can up the temps to ferment and just not serve out of my kegs for that timeframe. I don't want to get into fermwraps and other controllers at this point. I can fit maybe 6 kegs in it and 2 buckets/BB/carboys and only need to build a collar and install my faucets. And I regain some valuable garage space.
Thoughts? Current setup
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