I am slowly coming to grips that my old 1950s refrigerator has bitten the dust and I need to replace it.
I am hoping someone here has already done the research for me on fridges, and can point me in the right direction. All I am looking for in a fridge is that it is big enough to hold two 6.5 gallon buckets or carboys (e.g., better bottles) primary fermentors. I have a Ranco controller for keeping the temperature at 50°F. I don’t need anything else. Do they make such a thing?
Have you considered a chest freezer? I know that it is hard to get things in and out of it, but it is easy to find the right sized one for you brewing needs.
+1 chest freezer. There are plenty of them around. I spent a good deal of time searching for the right sized mini fridge to build into my bar, I needed the door on the front, not the top. I had to settle for a fridge that I could barely squeeze two 5 gallon kegs into after cutting off the door paneling. It works, but I wish I could have done a chest freezer.
Thanks. I see there are a lot of different sizes in chest freezers. Now I have to measure my fermentors and see what will work.
There is a thread somewhere on HBT that lists a lot of common freezer and what they can hold with and without collars. Worth a search.
That HBT thread is very detailed and helpful. It has sketches of layouts with all different sizes if fermenters, kegs, and gas cylinders
Thanks, Steve. That is just what I was looking for.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sizing-your-chest-freezer-corny-kegs-75449/
I know my old fridge, which held two 6.5 gallon better bottles, also held three cornies. So I will be looking for the three cornie freezer.