Brewing in attic
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Two potential problems I can see with brewing in the attic - first is temperature control (fermenter should ideally be kept around 20°C give or take a couple, but temperature needs to be stable), and the second is where you would expect to be bottling, kegging or storing. A bucket containing 5 gallons of beer isn't the easiest thing to be lugging down two flights of stairs, or a loft ladder and then some stairs.
Two potential problems I can see with brewing in the attic - first is temperature control (fermenter should ideally be kept around 20°C give or take a couple, but temperature needs to be stable), and the second is where you would expect to be bottling, kegging or storing. A bucket containing 5 gallons of beer isn't the easiest thing to be lugging down two flights of stairs, or a loft ladder and then some stairs.
Runwell-Steve
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Hi, welcome to the forum. :drink:
Brewing in the attic has it's challenges.
Ideally you want acess to water and waste plumbing as lots of things need washing, and carrying buckets of water up a ladder is not ideal. I suppose this depends on what the access is like to your attic.
The other challenge is temperature. Yeast is quite fussy, and in order to ferment beer you need to keep it happy, and that means maintaining a temp of between 18 and 22 degrees centigrade, give or take a couple. Attics tend to be very hot or very cold.
There are ways around temperature control by converting a fridge, but would you get a fridge in your attic?
If you are planning to brew All Grain, or extract you have an added problem of the amount of steam that is produced during the boil, you would need some form of extractor.
Brewing in the attic has it's challenges.
Ideally you want acess to water and waste plumbing as lots of things need washing, and carrying buckets of water up a ladder is not ideal. I suppose this depends on what the access is like to your attic.
The other challenge is temperature. Yeast is quite fussy, and in order to ferment beer you need to keep it happy, and that means maintaining a temp of between 18 and 22 degrees centigrade, give or take a couple. Attics tend to be very hot or very cold.
There are ways around temperature control by converting a fridge, but would you get a fridge in your attic?
If you are planning to brew All Grain, or extract you have an added problem of the amount of steam that is produced during the boil, you would need some form of extractor.
you could be quite lucky if your house has an internal soil stack and if you have tanks in your loft then you automatically have hot and cold water in your loft so to fit a sink is very easy and inexpensive. the temp issues could be over ome by insulating in-between the rafters with insulation suck as celotex or kin span this would also massively save money on your central heating bills. if you have a few bob to spend and can board / insulate / fit sink then go for it but otherwise if you plan on just having a fermenter in your loft as it is then might be a bad idea.
I think though that it can be done : )
I think though that it can be done : )
