I just moved from the Midwest to Nashville. My old house had a nice basement that basically stayed in the 60s all year long. I was able to brew ales and lagers by using a brew bag. Now in TN, my brew space is in my garage, where it's hotter than a whorehouse on nickel night.
I've been looking into some ways to keep my temps down, and I've been drooling over SS Brewtech's conicals and their new glycol chiller. Part of me feels like the obvious choice is to stick with my carboys and get a craigslist chest freezer. It's cheap and dirt simple. The other part of me looks at these conicals and I lose all sense of reason. Even though they'd be a pain to maintain and clean, and even though the setup would be expensive, I still want it.
I'm posting partly to get pros and cons for these setups, but mostly I need to be talked out of blowing a wad of cash on the conicals.
I've been looking into some ways to keep my temps down, and I've been drooling over SS Brewtech's conicals and their new glycol chiller. Part of me feels like the obvious choice is to stick with my carboys and get a craigslist chest freezer. It's cheap and dirt simple. The other part of me looks at these conicals and I lose all sense of reason. Even though they'd be a pain to maintain and clean, and even though the setup would be expensive, I still want it.
I'm posting partly to get pros and cons for these setups, but mostly I need to be talked out of blowing a wad of cash on the conicals.