Brewing in a shed

[Pint-a-water]

No power in a shed? Pah!
Have you a tumble dryer vent? A Cooker hood?
I have a heavy extension cable poking in the tumble dryer vent running to the shed.
I have a light in there too.
No sense fumbling your beer in the dark. 

No power as of yet. I will be hiring out a mini digger to dig a drain along the front of the door to re direct the floodwater that the rain brings. I am going to dig a trench from the shed to the house for a cable to bring power permanently. Id love to have the wine and beer set up out there. Itd be heaven  :  I have the FV under the table and the thermometer says its 24-26 degrees and theres a thin layer of bubbles on top. I hope its not too warm, its a comfortable temperature for humans anyway.

[Garry]

You're shed will be grand if you could insulate the roof some way? A tin roof is like a solar panel in this weather 

I use a heat belt without any problems but would recommend using it with an stc-1000 controller as mentioned above.

You can make a very basic fermentation chamber like this with some insulation and duct tape. At the moment I put a 1 litre bottle of frozen water into mine every morning and it maintains a temp of around 18-19°C even though the room temp can get up to 24-25°C.

[LordEoin]

24-26 is not ideal, but you'll be fine. The instructions recommend 21-27 and many people stick to that. Think of the poor Ausies, they still manage to brew in their heat, throwing wet towels around their brew or strapping frozen bottles to the FV.
The main thing is to keep the temperature stable, not changing a few degrees between night and day.
Once you get power, you can concentrate on keeping the temperature stable at around 18-20 for ales and down to 12-14 for lagers. The yeast will be happier and give a cleaner ferment 

[Pint-a-water]

Its steady now at 24 degrees and bubbling away happily  ! Frozen bottles or wet towels wont go down well with the missus, its under the coffee table in the little sitting room and she hasnt copped it yet  If I start introducing anything else she will cop and go mad ! I hope 24 degrees will be ok

[DEMPSEY]

When you get really into this brewing and get your first pair of jesus sandels you will read that higher temp ferments can bring a slightly fruitier flavor best for red style ales. Enjoy your creating life,hence the jesus sandels.

[Covey]

That was my and most peoples first brew, have'nt brewed it since- not my fav brew. Next do the Aussie Pale ale and do a hop tea with cascade (Type of hop) and dry hop with cascade too PM Lordeoin for more info. Its class

Have read some good things about it and equally some bad things, Ill be happy if it turns out even half drinkable as its my first  I wouldnt have any knowledge of brewing with hops, Im just about managing the simple kit  but perhaps after a few kits I will move on !

Hop tea: handful of Cascade hops + bot of boiling water(1litre), boil for 5 min lash into fermenter. simples

[DEMPSEY]

He did mean to add that you cool the hop tea down to 20C before putting it in the fermenter.