[THC] [quaff-members] Re: brewing, chilling, and 2"-thick styrofoam boards

[Randy Barnes]

Hi Linda and Victor,

I've seen 2" styrofoam at Home Depot here in San Diego. Might want to check 
a commercial construction supplier, most will sell to the public if you pay 
cash. Or just tell them it's for your employer and flash a business card. An 
insulation supplier should also have this.

Might also do an online search for homebrew and walk-in cooler, I seem to 
remember someone from the homebrew digest who had pretty detailed info on 
walk in coolers.

Good luck!

Randy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L. A. Swihart" <swihart at purdue.edu>
To: <Thc at lafinlarry.net>; <quaff-members at quaff.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:33 PM
Subject: [quaff-members] Re: [THC] brewing, chilling,and 2"-thick styrofoam 
boards


> 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.
>
>
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