Storing Beer in water?

Enjoy them my man

 

Don't all roommates live together? That's what makes them roomrates?

Go half on a mini fridge. That's how I started my cellar and now I use a full size fridge. Sure it's a bit colder than it should be but it's better than being too warm with fluctuating temps.

 

I think you have a top quality beer oversupply and the solution involves me and a Duvel tulip.

 

I am Aussie too; It isn't all beer - there are 3 bottles of Grange, a bunch of 389, along with quite a bit of Clarendon Hills - might need more than a tulip

But back to the topic of the thread!

 

That Grange should be in a safe not a fridge - that's got to be several thousand dollars worth of wine there including the Clarendon Hills.

Off topic: An Aussie hey? Did you move to the states for the beer? (because I'm considering a move there for that reason alone, seems insane when you think about all the rifles being toted by arms bearing free citizens)

Btw I'll bring a masskrug if required.

Oh yeah, the topic, keep that beer in a cupboard - 80 degrees is fine for beer storage... you may get some funky flavours from secondary fermented bottles... I suggest drinking them before they get to that stage... trust me you don't face the same challenge an average Aussie craft beer drinker faces in summer (think 92 degrees plus).

 

I get in trouble for off topic I will PM you

But I disagree on the cupboard (or closet as they go with over here) - 80+ for a brett is going to get really funky really fast at higher temperatures - the OP is in Indiana, and if it is anything like Chicago (which can't be more than 100 miles away) we have been getting some pretty hot days, and I wouldn't be surprised if the room temp was getting over 85 during the day time... The brett beasties would be getting pretty super charged!

 

Yes, it does not take long for stagnant cooler water to get a bit...nasty. You'd need to change it very regularly and clean the cooler while you're at it.

 

Just leave the beer in a dark closet in an cardboard box.

 

Dedicated beer fridge. Set at 45-50 on the lowest shelf. Buy a outdoor backyard thermometer and put it at the lowest shelf. Store ageable beers on bottom and ipas and freshies on top shelf which is closer to 38-42. Cold enough for any beer at any time. And if it's not. Throw it in the freezer for five mins. Also I put the BMCs on top shelf for my non-craft guests. It seems everyone has problems with this. You can buy a lil fridge with a "coldness" dial (haha) at thrift stores or garage sales. And if you can afford craft beer, you can afford a minifridge. Walmart even. I mean if you want to cellar stuff

 

So your saying if your refrigerator is 40 degrees and you want your stout to drink at 50 degrees you have the audacity to take it out and just let it sit for a few minutes. I'm sick and tired of people people being logical. I mean after reading this thread I was ready to buy 12 different mini refrigerators to solve this problem. Now I'm thinking if I want my 40 degree beer to get to 45 degrees I can just leave it out for five minutes and then pour it.

 

It works even after you pour the beer too

 

Man, you really suck...

 

Having lived in Indiana, it is not warm enough in your house/apartment to affect the beer unless you age it for more than 6 months at the temps. Keep them out of direct sun heat and in a dark place.

 

What kind of constitutionalist extremist crazy talk is this?

It won't keep heat out, but it will slow it down. This is the start of a good solution.

OP, the solution is simple. Create a sand pit in the apartment and keep the beer buried deep down in the sand.

 

I recall a thread from my homebrewing forum where a guy was trying to store beer in the bottom of the pond. But I can't find it for the life of me. I'd think the obvious concern would be the caps on being 100% air/water tight.

Me . . . I'd just buy a cheap chest freezer or fridge and a STC-1000 temp[ controller to keep it at 55-60

 

Most complicated? Hardly.

We haven't even begun to discuss using a space elevator and storing them in the colder temperatures of the upper atmosphere.

 

If you have room to just have a cooler sitting around, couldn't you go to walmart and buy a small fridge for like $60? Or even better buy one used on Craiglist for half that.

Caps will rust in water. I've had parties and forgot to take the remaining few beers out of the cooler for a few days and there are always a couple with caps rusted to shit. I see you said you could seal them in bags, but I feel like this would be turning into a lot of work just to preserve a handful of beers considering you would probably want to replace the water every few days.

 

Although it's not clear from the OP, from what I can gather, it seems he/she already has a mini fridge, but feels it's too cold for stouts etc, and so only uses it for IPAs etc.

So I think the real question is - how do I achieve cellar temps without a cellar? Even though OP sounded more like "how do I keep beers cold on a very tight budget"?

 

Unless I missed something above I would store them next to your eggs and milk, if there isn't enough room then choices need to be made. Milk is over rated anyway

 

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense then.

If a mini fridge doesn't do the trick, why not a wine fridge? You can get a 15-20 bottle wine fridge that can be sent to 50-60 degrees for around $100.