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Chris Sprague
 
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Default Wine refigerator

Regarding refrigerators, I don't know all of the details, but I know that a
lot of my fellow homebrewers simply replace the thermostats in their beer
refrigerators in order to allow for higher temperatures. This is a common
practice among homebrewers in southern states who try to make ale in the
summer, where the fermentation temperature has to hover at a constant 60-65
degrees or so.

Might be worth looking into? I see two such items for sale at the bottom of
this page:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/chilling-etc.html

Standard disclaimer, I'm not affiliated, just an occasional customer.

-Chris

"Johnners" > wrote in message
...
> The simple answer is no! Even on its lowest setting a fridge is going to

be
> too cold.
> There are wine cabinets holding small numbers on the market for £300 ish I
> would have thought
> (but..are you SURE you only want to hold 70??!!)
>
> there's a good article on choosing the type of unit on decanter's

website -
> see this archive piece
> (you'll need to register to read it)
>
> http://www.decanter.com/archive/47859.html
>
> if price is important the units by fridge manufacturers (liebherr, miele)
> are cheaper than Eurocave et al.
>
> Johnners
>
>
> "Den" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi Group
> >
> > Southern Calif here!
> >
> > We're thinking of buy a wine refrigerator to hold about 70 bottles of

wine
> > in our house.
> >
> > We'll be using it for wine that will be drunk over the course of (say) a
> > year. I.e. this wine refrigerator won't be used for long term storage

of
> > good wine, rather as a store for the everyday stuff, and a storage

> location
> > for the good stuff that comes out of long term storage climate

controlled
> > storage.
> >
> > All of the wine 'fridges that we've seen seem to be exceptionally highly
> > priced (understandable given the market!), and have so many whizz-bang
> > features that we just don't need, and so (particularly as we're not too
> > worried about the aesthetics of the 'fridge.) I was wondering about the
> > practicality of using an ordinary domestic refrigerator set on its

warmest
> > setting.
> >
> > Has anyone any experience of this / thoughts on the matter?
> >
> > Are we likely to have issues with humidity?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Den
> >
> >

>
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