Lagering Freezer

I’ve decided I need a small chest freezer and controller for a lagering or cold crash chamber. Tired of waiting for that in the kegerator. So I think I’ll buy a big one for the house and retire the little one we have to this new job. That way all kegs will be fully carbed and crashed when they get tapped

So what will that bring your beer fridge/freezer count up to? I think the wife has me cut off at 2.

Yeah my next purchase is an upright freezer that will fit the new conical I just received.  I’m running out of garage space!  The good news is that this is the last possible piece of brewing equipment I can envision buying.

Never say never.  :slight_smile:

Haha!  You are right - and why I said ‘can envision buying.’  Maybe I’ll envision something else later.  Just can’t imagine what it will be.  OK, computerized control (Blichmann, Sabco, etc.).

This would be #3 if I count the kegerator

I’ve got my eyes on that Blichmann Tower of Power.  Luckily, my wife thinks it’s really cool, so I just may pull the trigger on it one day.

As for fridge/freezer count, I’m up to 2 and thought that would be enough, but I’m starting to look for #3.  Kind of like kegs, I though 3 would be enough, now I’m up to 9 and I’m sure that number will continue to grow!

+1.  My cutoff was 2 as well.  Luckily it’s all I need.  Though our refrigerator in the kitchen has alot 'o miles on it, so that could easily turn into a store bought beer storage fridge after we get a new one. Purely out of convenience of course, as we wouldn’t have to dispose of the old one. :wink:

Are we officially not counting kegerators? If we could get a consensus ruling on this then I only have one and it will be pretty much mandatory to get another one.

I counted my kegerator because I can age 3 other cornies aside from what I’m serving.  Aside from that i have a fermentation fridge with a Ranco.

You’re not helping. …
My vote is anything with a tap is community property and not brewing equipment

I see where you’re going, in which case I need to retire the kitchen fridge (to the garage) soon.  :wink:

I was thinking refrigeration devices acquired specifically for homebrew. That how my wife looks at it. I’d be hard pressed convincing her the kegerator doesn’t count in my fridge allotment or energy usage.

I am currently at 2 as well (5 cu ft for fermentation and 7.2 cu ft for kegerator).  I was also going to get a larger fermentation chamber and use the small one for lagering, but I need to clean some junk out of the basement before doing that.

Thankfully, I have a storage area under my enclosed deck that I can move kegs to in a month or so that should lager them nicely.  At least it will work for a few months.

I’m at 3. One for kegerator and cold crashing on the compressor hump, a former kegerator turned fermentation fridge, and a dedicated beer fridge for commercial beer (mini fridge). Unless the DBF doesn’t count since it’s not used for homebrew, save for yeast in the little bottom drawer. Be cool to have another chest freezer for lagers, but I don’t feel a strong need for it right now. Maybe when I get a house with an attached garage or nice big basement.

If the majority of the space in the freezer of this fridge is dedicated to hops, then I’d say it counts.  Add another one to my list.

Nah, there’s not enough room in the freezer compartment for hops, it’s just a little dorm style fridge. The hops are in a basket the main fridge.

I have:

Sanyo 4912 as a kegerator.
2 full sized fridges for lagering.
1 chest freezer with a Ranco for fermenting.

Those will hold 22 kegs total.

I just had a duh moment.  If it’s going to be for lagering and cold crash, a used fridge will work instead of freezer and controller

sure will, you can also disable the fridge internal sensor and it should go down a bit below freezing.