Clanderson
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I have been drawing up plans for building a fermenter enclosure. I got kicked out of the kitchen and have brewed the last 4 batches in the garage. It hasn't been too big a deal to drag the buckets down to the basement for fermenting, but recently got conical fermenter and would like to just do the whole process in the garage. Instead of buying a freezer, I'd like to build a wooden, well insulated, enclosure for the fermenter.
So here's my question. Heating inside the enclosure will be easy, but cooling is another matter. In winter, I can just run air through it since the garage stays between 30 and 50 degrees F. Summer, where temps can go from 70 to 90 F in the garage, is another story. Our water in the peak of summer gets up to 60 F or so, so it is possible to just use water. I'm wondering how practical it will be to use water to keep 5 or 6 gal of beer at 70 F with a cooling coil.
So here's my question. Heating inside the enclosure will be easy, but cooling is another matter. In winter, I can just run air through it since the garage stays between 30 and 50 degrees F. Summer, where temps can go from 70 to 90 F in the garage, is another story. Our water in the peak of summer gets up to 60 F or so, so it is possible to just use water. I'm wondering how practical it will be to use water to keep 5 or 6 gal of beer at 70 F with a cooling coil.