What Size Freezer do I want?

[meschaefer]

I am looking for a chest freezer that can hold two 6.5 gallon carboys to use for fermintation, cold crashing and lagering. I have looked around for dimiensions but I can only find outside dimensions not inside dimensions. Any help, would be appreciated.

Any suggestions?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

What size freezer can you afford?

No matter how big it is when you unwrap it, it'll always be smaller than the next one you see.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Checkl out This Thread by Edwort. It's was made for sizing cornies for kegerators, but the same practice would work for sizing for carboys. just use a piece of cardboard the size of your carboy.

 

[meschaefer]

Money is not the issue. Space constraints are.

Ideally I would want it to be able to hold two carboys and not take up any more space than necessary. Kegs will be dispensed from a sperate fridge, located in a more convenient location.

 

[meschaefer]

Checkl out This Thread by Edwort. It's was made for sizing cornies for kegerators, but the same practice would work for sizing for carboys. just use a piece of cardboard the size of your carboy.

I had seen that thread, and I may need to make some carboy cut outs. I just hoping to avoid making a trip to measure this stuff out as I am not ready for the freezer yet.

I am redoing my workshop and I wanted to make a section of workbench high enough that I could mount a freezer on wheels and roll it under the bench. I hope to build the bench this weekend, but probably wont need the freezer for a few weeks.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Ideally I would want it to be able to hold two carboys and not take up any more space than necessary. Kegs will be dispensed from a sperate fridge, located in a more convenient location.

For conditioning or fermenting? Seperate brews/styles/yeast or identicals in split carboys?

I ask because using a single box for a pair of carboys "can" be limiting for fermentation purposes and you might want to consider 2 smaller (5.3 to 5.5 cu/ft) instead of a single larger one.

 

[meschaefer]

For conditioning or fermenting? Seperate brews/styles/yeast or identicals in split carboys?

I ask because using a single box for a pair of carboys "can" be limiting for fermentation purposes and you might want to consider 2 smaller (5.3 to 5.5 cu/ft) instead of a single larger one.

Fair question, I do 10 galon batches split between two carboys. So they are identical.

I would need it to be able to hold a fermentation temp and then cold crash before kegging. With the ability to hold a low temp, I may give lagering a try.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Fair question, I do 10 galon batches split between two carboys. So they are identical.

I would need it to be able to hold a fermentation temp and then cold crash before kegging. With the ability to hold a low temp, I may give lagering a try.

A lot will depend on the compressor space and every maker humps differently. Some are better than others so, you'll definitly want a template. 8 "may" be big enough. 10 will definitelly give some wiggle room.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Subtracting 4 inches off the L and W will give you a pretty good estimate of inside dimensions. You will need a collar to utilize the hump.