Cold stabilization device

It's not crazy but sounds like a difficult way to assure that cold temperatures are met and held for a week or two. Look for a used chest freezer or buy a new one if you are serious about winemaking. Then buy an external thermostat from a homebrew/winemaking shop and use it to control the cold temperature of the freezer. Works perfectly and can be used for ever at any time of year. Also, if you get interested in brewing beer this set up is perfect for lagers that like to ferment at about 50F.

Bill Frazier Olathe, Kansas USA

You can also take the door off an old refrigerator and expand the capacity using the foam enclosure idea. If the freezer section is open to this area you can get it pretty cold, but sealing it up is harder than it looks.

I just use an old 60's era fridge that I pulled the freezer door off of. It gets to 25 F with no modification. I can get two carboys in at one time, that's it's only drawback. I't got to be a power hog so it sits idle most of the time.

Joe

Look for a used chest

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Thanks for the response.

Ultimately that is what I would like to do. Right now the house in which we are living has nowhere to put the old refrigerator. The foam box can be kd'ed and stored under the carboy table or suspended in the joists.

Of course I could just bag it and wait until next winter...

But we have no white wine in the bottle.

Frank, Bring it down, I can fire up the fridge. You can get a 5 and 6 galon in mine, it runs at around 27 F. Joe

Thanks Joe.