Fermenter fridge

[the_quick]

With current temperatures it is almost impossible to brew at around 20 degrees, my house doesn't get lower than 23 now. Did one beer at this temp and clearly can taste yeast of flavours.
So, I will be buying small under counter fridge - already seen some on facebook marketplace, I think I can get one for around £20.
Now what else do I need. Planing to use below:
- inkbird ITC-308
- heating cable - I have one spare, I used for lizard eggs incubator, worked great

Do I need anything else?

SWMBO is already rolling her eyes

 

[Dutto]

Looks like your ready to go!

Check out the inside height of the fridge before you buy! It's amazing how much the internal height can differ despite all "under-counter" fridges being built to the same external height!

BTW, in Skegness my garage is at 18*C and the heater has been "On" this morning to maintain a steady 23*C. Must be the sea-breezes!

 

[Clint]

Duttos garage...like Ice Station Zebra ..

 

[foxbat]

In the meantime, brew with Kveik yeast. It'll turn everything you think you know about yeast inside out. Temperatures of 35C and up are not a problem for that stuff.

 

[the_quick]

Thanks guys

Yes, I was thinking about Kveik. Do they finish clean? I like US-05 as they really work nice.

Where do you get your Kveik from?

 

[Dutto]

Duttos garage...like Ice Station Zebra ..

The garage is up to 22*C now because I've been cleaning some stuff out and had the door open ...

... but the brew is still at 22.9*C! YAY!

 

[foxbat]

Thanks guys

Yes, I was thinking about Kveik. Do they finish clean? I like US-05 as they really work nice.

Where do you get your Kveik from?

Pinging @BeerCat for Kveik knowledge. The Malt Miller have a good selection of Kveik's - take a look at the Omega yeast range.

 

[BeerCat]

hothead goes to 37c

Pinging @BeerCat for Kveik knowledge. The Malt Miller have a good selection of Kveik's - take a look at the Omega yeast range.

Hothead would be a good start. No chill and pitch at 37c, wrap in a blanket and leave for a week. Keg or bottle, No cold crash.

 

[MyQul]

Thanks guys

Yes, I was thinking about Kveik. Do they finish clean? I like US-05 as they really work nice.

Where do you get your Kveik from?

Nottingham yeast is good for up to 27C (notty's a great workhorse yeast as its good from 14C to 27C, so you can pseudo lager with it as well as use it during the summer heat), it relatively clean at those temps too, but bear in mind the hotter the temp the more likely esters are produced. However to counter this you can pitch more yeast as this inhibits ester production

 

[the_quick]

Thanks guys, will look at malt millers, in the meantime I got Wilko yeast, that apparently are repackaged Nottingham, might try that

 

[Richard Swindellls]

Second the Nottingham dry, just bottled a batch of a dry stout with the NDY and temps were a little higher than I wanted, not been at it that long, so still need to sort out a brew fridge and Inkbird. Anyway, had a couple of bottles after 7-8 days in bottles and impressed there's not any off flavour from higher than I wanted ferm temps (up to 23C).

 

[Dutto]

It definitely helps to be lucky!

I used the heater in the Brew Fridge to maintain 23*C during a week of fermentation, saw no airlock movement for over two days so decided to cold-crash the brew down to 10*C before checking FG and then transferring to Growlers.

I moved the SP on the Inkbird down to 10*C early today and this evening the temperature in the garage is at 26*C!!

In three days "normal service" should be resumed with garage temperature back to below 23*C!

Lucky eh?