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

[L. A. Swihart]

Victor Kostyuchenko wrote:

>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
>  
>
If I were a psychic I would that this proves you will be going to 
Scripps Institute soon.  Or eventually.  I have some homebrewing friends 
in San Diego and this is what they have to do all the time.  There is no 
such thing as a "basement" out there, and the temperature, while almost 
never getting into the 90s, is almost always in the 80s, so they have to 
have special cooling all the time to be able to brew.  I am copying 
their list.  They will probably have very good advice.

L.