cluckk
Well-Known Member
Trying to brew in South Texas, I have found it hard to keep a fermentation carboy in the proper temperature range. The only room I have to use is my walk-in closet and it is as cool as any other (80's outside in November, yuk!) I found a way that right now keeps it cooler, though not ideal yet--I have some more tweaking to do. I placed the carboy in a shallow tub. Into the tub, but not touching the carboy I place a block of blue ice (the cooler packs that you use to keep a cooler cool). Over the carboy I draped a shirt to keep in the cool and ran the blow-off tube through the neck. I change the block every twelve hours or so. So far it is keeping cooler than the last batch, but not where I want it. Any ideas? I brew ales and only like one style of lager so will likely never plan to lager anything.