[THC] brewing, chilling, and 2"-thick styrofoam boards

Victor Kostyuchenko kva at purdue.edu
Wed Jun 21 21:39:30 EDT 2006


Hello, everyone!

Due to different irrelevant reasons I missed (from a brewer's point of view) 
all of winter and spring time, so I have to brew now, in hot and humid 
Indiana summer. Also, I always wanted to try and ferment my beer in 
controlled environment.

So I've decided to build an air conditioner-chilled fermentation box, 
insulated with styrofoam. I would really like to get a few 2"-thick 4'x8' 
styrofoam boards, but I have no idea where to find them. 
Lowe's website says they only have 0.5" thick boards, which seems too thin for 
me. Can you point me in the right direction?

I've seen today exactly what I'd like to have, they were stacked at one of 
Purdue construction sites, so they do exist...

I'm getting an AC unit for $20, so I can replace doors in one of my walk-in 
closets with plywood and styrofoam to create a perfect fermentation room 
while I'm coming with a more portable solution :) At least, that's the 
short-term plan :)

Thanks a lot,
Victor



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