"two bob" <tb@department9.com.au> wrote in message
news:43d9dcda_1@news.iprimus.com.au...[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>Hi guys
>>>
>>>I'm very new to brewing and will be starting my first batch soon....I
>>>want to lay my hands on a heater as the fermentation will be done in my
>>>shed and it is pretty cold out there at the moment! What I don't want
>>>to do however is waste money on heating the garden as well as the
>>>beer....does anyone have any recommendations for insulating the
>>>fermentation bucket against heat loss ???
>>>Thanks[/color]
>>
>> Bubble wrap, saved from parcel deliveries. Or if you have electricity
>> in your shed, invest in a thermostatically controlled heater from a
>> home brew shop for your fermenter - they aren't expensive.
>>
>> Incidentally, you don't necessarily have to ferment where you brew.
>> I brew in my garden shed, but once it has cooled to pitching
>> temperature, I carry the beer into the house to ferment - in my small
>> upstairs computer room as it happens;[/color]
>
> Sounds good to me, combine 2 hobbies in the one room. You're an animal
> after my own heart ;)
>
>
> I usually have a 5 gallon keg of[color=green]
>> beer ready to drink, at least one other keg of maturing beer and a
>> further 5 gallons fermenting, all within reach of my keyboard.
>> Luxury!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> KGB
>>[/color]
>[/color]
Same here, my beer is my computer room closet. Actually's it's bubbling
now.