Marine brewer
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Hello. Just got a home brew kit for Christmas and I am addicted! OK, so now the learning curve is steep. I've made several trips to the local home brew shop and bought more stuff. While my first kit is fermenting, the temps are dependent on what room in the house I move it too. so, I want to buy and convert a freezer to control temp. The freezer needs to do the following: I need to use it as a frig to keep beer cold and will use a thermostat like Johnson controller. Next, it must be able to age deer meat in the fall, so shelves must be removable, or some stay in place. Next, to brew beer, it needs to be in the 60s to 80s. Is that right? My fist batch is 68-75. Will installing a separate thermostat and having the original compressor drive temps to anything from 35 to 80ish be a problem for any of the components of the original freezer? next, If the Johnson control unit works to start the compressor when temperatures rise, how to I keep temperatures warm enough when needed?