Cupboard of Beer

[Greendan]

I'm still waiting to order my equipment for my first brew (awaiting payday...), but a thought just popped into my head...

I have a spare cupboard in the house, that I plan to ferment and store in. The plan is to shelve it out and to ferment on/near floor level and then store bottles & a barrel on shelves above that. There is a hatch to the loft above the cupboard so there is plenty of air flow.

My question is: If I am fermenting in there, will the tempreture be too high to store the beer nicely?

I still haven't decided between bottles or a barrel, but will probably end up with both.

 

[jamesb]

My question is: If I am fermenting in there, will the tempreture be too high to store the beer nicely?

How do we know, it's your house? :wha:

If it keeps a temperature between about 18 and 20 degrees throughout the year, it will be fine.

 

[Greendan]

[quote="jamesb]
How do we know, it's your house? :wha:

If it keeps a temperature between about 18 and 20 degrees throughout the year, it will be fine.[/quote]

Haha! True!

I was checking that, if the cupboard has a temp suitable for fermenting (which it will during the summer, and I may get a brew belt for the winter) will it be too warm for storing?

 

[jamesb]

Ideally, you'd want to store the beer at about 11-13degC. Unfortunately, most of us can't.

You'd probably want to not store them in the cupboard while you're fermenting anything.

 

[chiefstoker]

I tend to put the FB on a higher level to minimise disturbance prior to syphoning

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

My question is: If I am fermenting in there, will the tempreture be too high to store the beer nicely?.

I ferment on a stone floor in a lobby downstairs all year round, never gets above 20c.
Have you got a stone floor in't house??

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