ChasinABuzz
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So it's come to my attention that the main issue I am having is that my fermentation area is too hot. I picked an interior wall closet that gets no sunlight but when you live on the top floor of a tar roofed apartment in Hawaii, it still only gets down to about 77-78 apparently....
Are there any simple, small scale ways to lower my fermentation? It's a tiny closet I'll post a picture for reference of it right now. I'm going to be moving everything from where it is now on the top shelf, to the bottom because believe it or not just that 5 feet or so of height drops the temp almost 2 degrees. Ahh the luxuries of living in paradise lol.
I think the best option for me as of right now seems to be a rubbermade tup or two with ice packs in the bottom and some water. Being that I live in a small apartment, I can't just setup a minifridge or anything like that because of the lack of room. I'm not lagering yet, only Ale's as I'm still new and I only use 1 gallon carboys at this point, though I'm going to try a 5gal bucket batch in the coming weeks as well.
Are there any simple, small scale ways to lower my fermentation? It's a tiny closet I'll post a picture for reference of it right now. I'm going to be moving everything from where it is now on the top shelf, to the bottom because believe it or not just that 5 feet or so of height drops the temp almost 2 degrees. Ahh the luxuries of living in paradise lol.
I think the best option for me as of right now seems to be a rubbermade tup or two with ice packs in the bottom and some water. Being that I live in a small apartment, I can't just setup a minifridge or anything like that because of the lack of room. I'm not lagering yet, only Ale's as I'm still new and I only use 1 gallon carboys at this point, though I'm going to try a 5gal bucket batch in the coming weeks as well.