dantodd
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I think Dan is only looking at the lagering aspect, were as these contraptions are designed to not only lager but to ferment at ale temps and inbetween. If you are only looking at maintaining the lowest lagering temps as possible then yes, keeping your carboy in an ice bath might work but it would be less controlled especially if you had a ice salt water bath since you could potentially bring the bath to freezing temperatures (maybe?).
Exactly. If you look at the post I replied to you will notice that he was asking about lagering not about fermentation temperature management.
RecruitNBrew said:I put one of those fabric box shaped coolers over the top of my water cooler to provide additional insulation.
Any ideas on how to push it down to the mid to hi 30's?
I'd like to lager below 40 if possible.