On Saturday, Hugh and I helped fellow CHAOSers Kyle, Matt, Mike and James move a huge professional refrigerator into the brewhouse.

We moved our current, smaller unit to its new spot in the brewhouse and now, between the two units, we'll set one at lager fermentation temps (usually 48F -50F) and the other at lagering aging temps (usually 34F - 36F). The lagering unit can also be used for cold crashing of ales before bottling and kegging.

This is a significant upgrade in our brewhouse's capacity - very exciting! We've got a Pilsner fermenting now that will need to spend a month lagering and we're planning on brewing our next lager - a Dortmund Export style beer.