Hi everybody,
I'm new here and I've read quite a few posts on these forums. While reading, I noticed that many of you are anxious about your fermentation's temperature. Also, I read Charlie Papazian's book which says a temperature around 20C is ideal. I'm about to brew my first batch in about two weeks, which will put us in the very first days of august.
I'm lucky to be in Montreal, where most of the year, the temperature is easily managed to be around 20 C (68 F) in my appartment. However, the temperature can still get pretty warm (85-90 F) during summer. I wouldn't want to start brewing and have problems because the temperature rises some days later.
So, I'm looking for some cheap cooler easily available in Canada. I live in an appartment for the moment, and the space is very limited, so I'll put my fermenter in a small wardrobe with doesn't have a lot of space. It is about 5' x 16" x 10' . The wardrobe contains many other objects which can't go anywhere else, so I need a really, really cheap cooler.
Any idea on how I could chill my fermenter when there are warm days? I don't wanna spent 200$CAD, as my budget is very limited, and well... it's only for some months. The rest of the year is fine. And... Well, I'm about the worst handyman you ever heard of.
I don't wanna make lagers right now, because, well... I still never brewed a batch by myself. So all I need is an ale tmeperature.,
I'm new here and I've read quite a few posts on these forums. While reading, I noticed that many of you are anxious about your fermentation's temperature. Also, I read Charlie Papazian's book which says a temperature around 20C is ideal. I'm about to brew my first batch in about two weeks, which will put us in the very first days of august.
I'm lucky to be in Montreal, where most of the year, the temperature is easily managed to be around 20 C (68 F) in my appartment. However, the temperature can still get pretty warm (85-90 F) during summer. I wouldn't want to start brewing and have problems because the temperature rises some days later.
So, I'm looking for some cheap cooler easily available in Canada. I live in an appartment for the moment, and the space is very limited, so I'll put my fermenter in a small wardrobe with doesn't have a lot of space. It is about 5' x 16" x 10' . The wardrobe contains many other objects which can't go anywhere else, so I need a really, really cheap cooler.
Any idea on how I could chill my fermenter when there are warm days? I don't wanna spent 200$CAD, as my budget is very limited, and well... it's only for some months. The rest of the year is fine. And... Well, I'm about the worst handyman you ever heard of.
I don't wanna make lagers right now, because, well... I still never brewed a batch by myself. So all I need is an ale tmeperature.,