Do You Have A Pool?

[Batz]

hi brewing people! i'm a nooby brewer, only onto kits ATM but i've been doing far too much thinking.

my biggest problem ATM is getting a nice stable temperature to ferment at. i've been wracking by brain trying to come up with a solution that fits my wallet and my wifes tolerance.

*brain wave* the bottom of a pool during winter! large masses of water do not change temp very fast at all. and they are hugging the ground which is quite cool once you go a few feet in.

so before i go and rig up some waterproof fermenters with snorkels/underwater valves and the biggy... nag my far too christian sister if i can borrow her pool during the colder months. i'm asking some of you adventurous types to chuck a thermometer into your pool and get some temp readings for me. an early morning reading and a afternoon one would be extra sweet.

please

i'll name my first pool brew after you! B)

Sorry I don't really mean that :lol:
Oh and 'rimrunner'? Not a good choice either

Batz

 

[staggalee]

let`s not confuse rimrunning with rimming

stagga.

 

[schooey]

let`s not confuse rimrunning with rimming

stagga.

it had to come... it just had to

 

[staggalee]

and sure nuff.......thar she be

stagga.

 

[rimrunner]

whats wrong with "rimming" :huh:





:lol:

 

[Batz]

whats wrong with "rimming" :huh:





:lol:

Your witness

 

[boingk]

Put wet shirt on fermenter. Put fan on in room. Done. Mine's rocking along at 16'C in a room which is 20'C.

Anyone seen 'Clerks 2'?: "YOU NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH!!!"

Hahaha, B)

 

[rimrunner]

the problem is right now in brisbane it's moving between 16 and 28. so i have to keep monitoring it and messing with it to keep it constant. getting it cold isn't too much of a hassle but keeping it there is.

when i'm at work the house is getting too hot and i'm not here to look after it. the only real solution is to get a refrigerator. that will take some time to sort out and my mind is looking for alternatives even though there really aren't any.

 

[hotboost]

You would be better off filling the pool with wort the whole 25,000 litres

and putting a tarp over the top with a made up tube for the air lock.
Id hate the guess the sugar you would need.lol
DARWIN AWARDS RING A BELL.
please post on utube once youve done it.

 

[staggalee]

Your witness

Haruumpph...... "Now witness, you claim to know nothing about.....oh bugger it, case adjourned."

stagga

 

[braufrau]

the problem is right now in brisbane it's moving between 16 and 28. so i have to keep monitoring it and messing with it to keep it constant. getting it cold isn't too much of a hassle but keeping it there is.

when i'm at work the house is getting too hot and i'm not here to look after it. the only real solution is to get a refrigerator. that will take some time to sort out and my mind is looking for alternatives even though there really aren't any.

Does your house move between 16 and 28? Is it one of those lovely but impractical "queenslanders" or a weatherboard bungalow?
If your house is brick it shouldn't oscillate that much inside. Ours doesn't.

Anyhoo ... if it a lovely but impractical wooden house you probably do need a fridge. You could stick it between the stilts.

 

[maltedhopalong]

i thought you guys might get a laugh out of my idea. :lol: that's ok i was pretty convinced it was a nuts idea anyway. although in my defence throwing a sixpack into the creek is a time honoured tradition and it works a treat at keeping your beer cold while camping.

but i notice the slight pause you all had mentally. it might work, maybe.

i'm interested in hearing more about the problem of pressure and fermenting. how much does pressure affect fermentation, how does it change it and what happens to the end product. since i'm bottle carbonating it would be nice to read up on it a bit.

also i like the way you think pint of lager! B) thats probably a safer way to do it but would need some extra work.

it also occured to me that my motherinlaw has a dam which isn't doing much. perhaps i might experiment there...

do goats drink beer?

FYI: Dont' know how pressure affects fermentation but it wouldn't matter in this case.

if you had a snorkel and an airlock above the waterline, the fermenter would squeeze in a bit, but the actual pressure that wort and co2 are at would be the same as normal as the only pressure acting on them is the air pressure. Now if the airlock was underwater, it would be a different story.

You can illustrate this by tying a rope around your fermenter. The pressure makes the fermenter smaller but it's easy to see then, that the air pressure on the wort is the same after you give it a few minutes (or remove and then replace the airlock) to reach equilibrium with the outside.

 

[Lobsta]

Your witness

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... *snort* he he, ha hahahaha BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. woooo, wooooo. ha ha. he he he. wooo.

Denny Crane!

 

[justsomeguy]

Rather than putting the fermenter at the bottom of the pool just put it on one of the steps if its an inground pool. I've heard of people sitting a hot kettle on one of the steps of a pool to get it down to pitching temperature before. Kinda like a giant bath. If you were to use a fermenter without a tap then the chance of pool water getting into the beer would be reduced.

Then again, if finances allow, pick up a fridge of some sort and a fridgemate controller.

gary