Mad Scientist has two analogies, I am all for throwing every thing you have in the pantry if you are making spare ribs on superbowl sunday or new years eve beans. The Beer process is simple but for beginners very difficult. I am one of them but trying extra hard in this Florida Climate. LBK is stable but ambient air temperatres are near 80^ Ice is on the sides of the keg for my first batch. Tempeature Monitoring I put a probe into the 2nd keg for temp monitor. The 1st keg is a pilot for florida temp but hopefully has some bang. Other thoughts were a chilled water system for salt water aquariums that circulates in the vat to cool things off. hmmmm! Molding new ideas.!!!