You can score a fridge for free off Craigslist. Haunt the Free section. I see them on there all the time.
You have to be quick tho, they go fast.
BTW, for a low/medium gravity beer like a Newcastle, there is no need for a secondary at all. Ferment as usual, let it sit for a few days once its finished, cold crash it if possible and rack it.
Secondary’s are really only needed for high gravity or lagers/pilseners. Standard ales really don’t need the secondary at all. It adds time to your pipeline that you really don’t need.
Just my 2 cents. YMMV.
Cheers,
knewshound
Yeah I just transferred to the secondary so I could put the Porter in the primary. I would have kegged it immediately, but needed to get new gaskets for the soda kegs. Should keg today or tomorrow, so it will only have been in there a few days. Normally would have just bottled, but I am off the bottle drudgery from now on.