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Mr. Beer is a very good way to see if you're interested in homebrewing before spending a bunch of money. I got my kit in February and after my second batch, moved up to 5 gallon batches with buckets and carboys. I just finished my own fermentation chamber and brewed a new batch of beer this...

Compact refrigerators usually have the coils in the side walls of the fridge. If you don't have enough space between the sides/top of the fridge and whatever is around it, the outside of the fridge will get warm. This gives you inadequate heat exchange so the inside of your fridge never gets...

Vents like that are probably going to be OK. A lot of refrigerators are pushed up against a wall even though there is supposed to be 4-6" clearance. This would go for the sides as well if that's where the coils are. If you build a solid cabinet for your mini fridge to sit in you may need venting...

My fridge doesn't have coils in the sides, they're all on the back. As a result, the fridge sides don't get warm. The back of the fridge (on the side of the chamber) is open to my workbench, so it gets plenty of air for the heat exchange. I have checked the drip pan inside several times, but...

The temperature has been holding very well. I have a case of full bottles and a few other items in the chamber now, so it isn't just empty. The fridge powers on when the temp reaches 20.5°C and turns off again when it hits 20.0°C. This takes about 5 minutes. I haven't timed how long it takes...

The air here in Colorado is very dry (<20% humidity is the norm) so you may not have the same problem, or at least not 25 gallons worth. What part of Colorado?

Gluing the metal strips around the door frame so the magnetic seal will have something to grip to: Door frame back in place: 1" foam insulation on the inside. There is a 1/2" air gap between this insulation and the outer layer. Each layer is rated R-3. Test fit with the...

Build day is here! Measure twice, cut once. Still, after cutting I just had to see how well the minifridge fit on the base: I built the back wall first: Then enclosed the rest: There's enough space for everything: Now that I know it all fits, I cut out space for...

Or as my kids call it, my "Beer Dungeon" I've been looking at several threads on fermentation chambers and using SketchUp to model it. Thanks for the great ideas, I've incorporated several of them into my own design and look forward to building it soon. Requirements: - This will go in my...

I brewed the Mr Beer classic light (came with the kit) and it tasted OK. Next I bought the American Lager. While that was going, I went back and tried one of the light beers and wow was it better. Looks like just a couple of weeks more in the bottles made all the difference. Total time for the...

I've only been reading here for a few days, but haven't found a reason for this tip. Is this to prevent aeration? If there's more to it, then what?