Need help and ideas!

[dkolts21]

So where I do my fermentation is around 70 most of the time if not a little higher. I live in CA so we don't have basements. What is the best cheapest way to keep it at around 65. Sometime it can get up to 75. So I need help. I am handy so I can make some I just don't know what to do! Thanks for your help


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[Hello]

Your options aren't real limited.

Swamp cooler.
Ferm chamber from mini fridge built out to hold carboys or buckets.
Ferm chamber from chest freezer.
Ferm chamber from fridge.
Keep one room or closet real cool with a window AC unit if you have the room and the unit.

It is about how much space and money you have. Swamp cooler is easy and cheapest.

 

[rlonardo]

Swamp cooler for sure. Get a cheap storage tub at Walmart or somewhere, put your fermenter in it, fill with water (about 1/4-1/2 way up the fermenter works) and add ice/frozen water bottles as needed to drop the temp. I put at shirt on my Carboy to whisk the water up it as well.


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[roosmur]

Taking the plunge and buying a fridge, brew-belt and an STC-1000 controller will change your life. It seems expensive at the outset, but you will have years of brewing pleasure, be able to make lagers as well as ales, will see a massive improvement in the quality of your beer, and will enjoy your hobby so much more then before. Take the plunge, get a fridge off ebay, rig up the STC-1000 and be a pro!