ShizuokaBrad
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Has anyone tried submerging bottles in temperature controlled water to help with conditioning? It's winter here in Japan and not having central heating means the area where I usually bottle condition is only slightly above the outside temps (about 5C-15C). I know that a local brewery uses this technique but I wonder how it would translate on a homebrew scale and was wondering if anyone else has tried this.
I was thinking of filling a large pale with water (and bottles) and using an aquarium heater to keep it at 18C. Would this cause problems with rust under the caps...?
I might start with just a couple of bottles and see what happens.
(cue the "why don't you just keg?" crowd in three, two, ...
I was thinking of filling a large pale with water (and bottles) and using an aquarium heater to keep it at 18C. Would this cause problems with rust under the caps...?
I might start with just a couple of bottles and see what happens.
(cue the "why don't you just keg?" crowd in three, two, ...