My cats would definitely gack something up on my precious beers, and I can't have that so
I use an 18W seedling mat in the bottom of a cooler with a temp controller set to 80. I can only squeeze about 30 bottles in there though. Its enough to get half the batch ready to drink in two weeks and the rest can take 3+ weeks at mid-60s but oh well. I drink a lot of undercarbed, room temp homebrew.
Haha, I (and prolly the cat too) don't hope there will be bottle bombs.
After winter set in I don't have a good space to carb anymore, so I've gone to the step ordering som stuff so I can bottle carb in a plastic box full of water with a thermostat, a little pump for recirc and two submerged aquarium heaters.
I did worry about the possibility of a bottle bomb but figured with 4 layers of a thick towel, if it should occur, it would at most scare a few whiskers off of her.
I'm going to look into your aquarium heater set-up idea... would provide a bit more comfort regarding constant temperature and perhaps the water would soften any bottle bombs (?). Any suggestions on a good heater or what to look for?
I use a 300w Aqueon off of Amazon ($24) and a $6 Harbor Freight pond pump, in a rubbermaid tub. In my finished basement, on the floor, the temperature stabilizes at 60° in winter (on a concrete floor), and I pushed my last two Belgians up to 82°. Works really well for fermentation control, and I expect it would work just as well for bottle conditioning.I'm going to look into your aquarium heater set-up idea... would provide a bit more comfort regarding constant temperature and perhaps the water would soften any bottle bombs (?). Any suggestions on a good heater or what to look for?
Well, I mean, they have 9 lives and all. I just.. wouldn't lose any sleep.I did worry about the possibility of a bottle bomb but figured with 4 layers of a thick towel, if it should occur, it would at most scare a few whiskers off of her.
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