decent fermentation control on the cheap?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:53 pm
So i decided i'd try some sort of fermentation control. usually i just stick my fermenters in the coolest part of my house and let them do their thing..
well i have central air, and in my furnace room, there's a flex conduit that runs into the adjacent room. since we use this basement room for nothing, i took the conduit from the wall and ran it over to a little cage i had built.. covered it with a blanket and stuck my fermenter inside. this worked awesome! everytime i checked, my ferment temperature was between 65-72. the resulting beer was the best beer i've ever put out!
unfortunately i only got about 6 beers out of it before a stuck cobra head leaked 5 gallons of beer onto my floor while i slept.
next batch. same setup.
i just noticed that my temperature was a ghastly 78 degrees! my wife got chilly and turned on our heater last week.
well i have central air, and in my furnace room, there's a flex conduit that runs into the adjacent room. since we use this basement room for nothing, i took the conduit from the wall and ran it over to a little cage i had built.. covered it with a blanket and stuck my fermenter inside. this worked awesome! everytime i checked, my ferment temperature was between 65-72. the resulting beer was the best beer i've ever put out!
unfortunately i only got about 6 beers out of it before a stuck cobra head leaked 5 gallons of beer onto my floor while i slept.
next batch. same setup.
i just noticed that my temperature was a ghastly 78 degrees! my wife got chilly and turned on our heater last week.