Where do you keep your fermenter?

[ferg1371]

It's curious to see where y'all keep it for best temp control

 

[payton34]

in the basement. 60 degrees all year long

 

[Cavemann310]

middle bedroom, constant 68-72 and no more or less. i dont lager because i am not set up for it yet so it is perfect for ales.

 

[iambeer]

The floor of my darkness, coolest, smallest closet. About 68-72 degrees ambient temperature this last month.

 

[philrose]

under the stairs in a closet with no exterior walls.

 

[ferg1371]

The floor of my darkness, coolest, smallest closet. About 68-72 degrees ambient temperature this last month.

I am beer. That's a nice set up

 

[Haputanlas]

In my garage in a temperature controlled chest freezer.

 

[iambeer]

I am beer. That's a nice set up

Thanks!

I live in an apartment, so no cellar here.

 

[Steelie211]

In my basement. Seems to stay around 60 - 65 year round.

 

[scurry64]

In the man cave kitchen where it's always 69f.

 

[StanJohnson]

In my travel trailer fridge with a Johnson temp controller.

 

[Dan]

Temp controlled chest freezer in the garage.

 

[SmoothSmoke]

In a closet that is very close to a window.

 

[helibrewer]

Temp controlled fermentation chamber.

 

[duboman]

Basement room that is 64-66 year round, swamp cooler for the need of colder and brew belt with thermostat for warmer fermentation requirements.

 

[sound-mind]

I ferment under my stairs in the basement. Ground temps never exceed about 68 and I use simple soaked towels and a fan to reduce the temps further. Hard to tell by these pics but it is really just my brew area. Taps, kegs, ingredients, cleaners, tubes, vials, etc all have a place to live down there.

The other pic shows the upright freezer. I plan on leveraging the freezer and creating a proper fermentation chamber by creating an insulated box fed by a hole into the freezer. Eventually...

 

[pedimac]

Dirt floor cellar in my basement, 60-62 year round.

 

[SittingDuck]

Basement guest bathtub. Cool year round, ready access to hot and cold water baths if I need to adjust temps, and easy to clean if the airlock blows. Plus, room in the tub for multiple batches at once.

 

[Rivenin]

Temp controlled wine fridge in the other room

 

[jonmohno]

Basement but its getting too mid 60's (summer)currently for me to brew.

 

[tre9er]

Various locations in basement based on temperatures therein. Water bath in basement sink as needed, sometimes with fan and towel. Soon I will make my second fridge temp controlled for two batches at a time. Wits will still be done at higher room temps.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

I keep my brews in an interior closet in a swamp cooler with swapped out ice bottles until I can get my hands on a spare fridge with temp control. Living in AZ I never have to worry about things getting too cold.

 

[tre9er]

I say "second fridge" but as of Monday it will be third. Craigs list and one that somewhat crapped out, now new kitchen fridge coming

 

[tre9er]

White one is future fermentation chamber. Green is kegs and yeast.

 

[Beernip]

In the beer room in the garage with an AC unit and heater.

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

I keep mine in my DIY fermentation chamber:

 

[brewit2it]

In a bathroom in the shower with beverage tubs filled with water, wrapped in blankets. Only have to change frozen water bottles once a day to keep a steady mid 60's even in the summer. I change them twice a day the first 3 days or so while the yeast are making heat.

 

[iambeer]

I keep mine in my DIY fermentation chamber:

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Excellent! Great blog by the way.

 

[Rocky71]

Most of mine are kept on the kitchen countertop or the kitchen table. If I have more then one going I'll have one of the kids move the ones finishing up to the back living room for me. But with a bad back it's hard to bend over and degas several times a day if my primary isn't somewhere I can reach easily.

Usually the temp in our house is good enough that I don't have to worry much.

 

[HopSong]

In a bathroom in the shower with beverage tubs filled with water, wrapped in blankets. Only have to change frozen water bottles once a day to keep a steady mid 60's even in the summer. I change them twice a day the first 3 days or so while the yeast are making heat.

+1.. 'zackly what I do. Works great. I have a plywood sheet cut to span the tub. If the house is prop temp.. the FV sits on the plywood for easier reading of the stick'em on thermometer. If too warm, I have "big blue".. the rope handled bev bucket in the tub with water to the beer line. One frozen bottle in the AM and one in the PM seem to work very well. Temp fluctuations are very minimal. :rockin: