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PS -fridge took 2 days in the end to cool 23L from 23°C to 5°C, but it's sat there holding temperature nicely now.

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Thanks BB, great advice on the 2-2-2 rule, I'll definitely bear that in mind in future. Sounds like you had similar timings with Verdant so fingers crossed this will all work out okay. Looking forward to the first taste further down the line once the bottling, carbing and conditioning have...

Does this is also partly depend on how active your yeast is and therefore every brew is going to be different? I pitched with Lalleman's Verdant, which is supposed to be pretty active and can finish in 5 days or so?

Yep, that's the plan next time. Previously everything has been a little adhoc with my brews, trying to get a bit more technical as my experience grows.

Thought I'd send a quick update to let you know how it went. I've been using the fridge for the primary ferment and I was actually struggling to get the wort down quickly to pitching temperature in the Brewzilla, despite having a pump/whirlpool going at the same time as having the immersion...

A few pics from Wednesday

Completed my first brew day using my brand spanking new 32L Brewzilla (formally known as Robobrew) the other day. Created a recipe to try, dangerous I know, probably should have gone with something tried and tested but I quite like making up new beer recipes. Aiming for something very hop...

Wow, thanks Bill_g, great post and info, I love how techy you can get with these things with the right equipment. I'm very interested to see how this goes as I've never attempted to precisely control my fermentation before. Might not help that I'm going slightly off-piste with an experimental...

Hey Bill-g, thanks for the feedback. Nope, not independent compressors as it is, as you guessed, a low cost fridge. Good point on the heat put out through the fermentation process though, be interesting to see how much the fridge freezer has to cool to counter act this. Nice tip about filling...

We'll probably also use it as a spillover/back up fridge freezer over Christmas etc.

Yeah, I think that's fine, especially as the garage is cooler than my fermenting temperature most of the time, so will be heating more than cooling. I'll probably plan to upgrade to a large fridge when I find one so that I'm not using the freezer section too. I don't want to mess around with...

The excitement of upcoming brew day using brand spanking new Brewzilla 30L, PLUS new homemade fermentation chamber PLUS new Speidel 30L fermenter was nearly crushed by a calamitous affair yesterday. Order of grain, hops an yeast arrived all in one piece and much earlier than expected. So I...

I'd like to try the airlock first, just for interest, otherwise yes plan would be for blow off tube or loose fitting cap on top. Otherwise Speidel too tall to fit a platform under, currently empty too (as photo) because I was just trialling to make sure fridge and heater worked. But the plan is...

Hi there, next brew and all following, I will be aiming to be fermenting in a proper temperature controlled environment. So I've gone down the popular route of 2nd hand fridge, greenhouse heater and Inkbird controller. So far so good but just getting things setup for brew day on Wednesday...

Hi all, Thought I'd join up so I had access to some good advice on homebrewing techniques, hints, hacks and tips. I've been brewing for around 6 or 7 years, started off with kits and quickly progressed onto all grain brewing using DIY/converted kit and have mostly had pretty good success with...