Where do you ferment?

[BlackDuck]

I'm in the basement too. It runs in the upper 60's during the winter and the around 70 to 72 in the summer. Seems to work fine!!!

[Brewbirds]

Our beer has kindly allowed us to keep two bedrooms and two bathrooms for our personal use while it has taken over the rest of the house.

I brew and bottle in the kitchen, ferment and refrigerate in the dining room, condition in a pantry, store empty bottles in a guest room (newly unfurnished) and wash bottles and LBKs in the utility room.

Hey! I just realized that my whole house is a man cave.

[Kealia]

I use a mini fridge with a JC in the summer months.
In the winter months, my closet stays about 64 so I tend to use that.

[Bluejaye]

In the basement, laundry room. In winter it stayed a nice 68, but in summer it got hot if the A/C wasn't on. Now I have a compact fridge that fits 3 LBKs, and a Johnson Controller.

[Rebel_B]

Kitchen pantry on the second floor of my home (ground level). Super consistent temperature on the second floor; first floor is mostly underground.

[DaYooper]

Ive been doing mainly saisons and wines this summer but usually the basement wont top over 70-72. Ive found if I set things on the floor with my fermentation chamber around it (a big arse garbage can with a paintcan heater) the cooler floor will suck the heat out of it. In the cooler months I still use the "fermentation chamber" albeit with the heat on. Looks pretty silly according to SWMBO but will do the trick until the inlaws find me a suitable fridge/freezer on a garage sailing trip.

[haerbob3]

Ales in lowest level's spare shower. Lagers in the basement pantry of one of the non-carpeted closets. Like most MI folks basement pretty much stays in the mid 60's. I found that if I use a piece of aluminum or cast iron under the primary, secondary fermenters or a corny keg. It keeps the contents in the mid 50's without tying up a frig for lagers

[Inkleg]

Sunroom in a Johnson controlled fridge.

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and yes I ferment water also

[Texas Dan]

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Styrofoam cooler in a closet with radiant barrier cover and ice bottles...
Could maintain hi-40's but generally ferment 50-52*F.
Luckily retired so I can change out ice bottles when needed.

[Wings_Fan_In_KC]

Basement. When it runs 65-68 just on a shelf. When it's hot like the 100/101 it's been last few days, in a cooler with ice bottle which keeps it at a steady 64 F.

[jpsherman]

Sorry, if that is kinda personal.

My basement stays under 70 pretty much year-round. When Iowa gets hot as hell, my AC runs enough to keep the basement cool. During the cooler months I get to ferment around 64ish.

What area of Iowa are you from?

Ames

[mashani]

My basement gets as low as 59 in the winter on my middle shelf... 56 at the floor. That's when I brew lagers.

But it gets up to 78 at times in the summer even with the AC running. That's Saison season.

[mtsoxfan]

In the warmer months, I use an air conditioned "chamber" using the energy saving mode. Cooler months, into the basement, temps at 68*

[Brewbirds]

In the warmer months, I use an air conditioned "chamber" using the energy saving mode. Cooler months, into the basement, temps at 68*

Pictures please.

[Brian N-]

Keep my fermenting and conditioning down in the basement. Fall through Spring the temperature ranges from 62-68. Summer temperatures are above 70 because I need to run a dehumidifier, so brewing has to wait until the heat and humidity break.