Brewing in the cold
#1
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:21 AM
#2
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:25 AM
#3 *_Guest_Matt C_*
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:35 AM
#4
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:42 AM
#5
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:53 AM
#6
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:56 AM
#7
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:59 AM
#8
Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:19 AM
#9
Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:29 AM
Well good luck. Hopefully your weather will turn around quickly.I hear ya. It's going to be 18 here tonight.Doing smaller batches won't help. We have a glass topped stove. It won't get 5 gallons up to boiling much less ten gallons.I hate our stove but, we bought it the night before Thanksgiving a few years ago when our old one kicked the bucket as we were cooking Thanksgiving dinner. We had to buy what we could get and hook up that night, (no gas run). I'm looking forward to the day this one dies and I can get a proper stove.
#10
Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:32 AM
#11
Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:57 AM
#12
Posted 02 January 2010 - 11:03 AM
Agreed! I'm in the western suburbs of Chicago and I keep all my brewing stuff inside untill I use them. Luckily in the winter i have a pump recerculate snow water to chill the wort. I also try to do my mashing inside. If time isn't an issue I also heat my water on the stove top then move to the garage when I start my boil. ...And there is something, dare I say, charming about heating yourself only by the steam of a boil kettle.The most important thing for me is bringing the water hose inside the house the night before.
#13
Posted 02 January 2010 - 11:06 AM
I keep mine in the garage where it generally stays above freezing.The most important thing for me is bringing the water hose inside the house the night before.
#14
Posted 02 January 2010 - 11:16 AM
#15
Posted 02 January 2010 - 11:17 AM
when the snow is pretty clean I use it for my ice bath to bring the wort down that last few degrees. it's nice to not have to make ice.I boil my mash water,after mash&sparge i boil outside. Then i bring my brewpot inside and chill w/my wort chiller. I used to use ice and cold water around the mash it was not quick enough. I bought an adapter for my wort chiller for around $3-4 and use the indoor kitchen sink to cool .
#16
Posted 02 January 2010 - 06:53 PM
#17
Posted 02 January 2010 - 07:03 PM
Sounds kind of balmy to me. I think it got up to 12 degrees on New Years around here.
#18
Posted 02 January 2010 - 07:24 PM
+ a billionPersonally I don't, I get all my brewing done when the weather is nice. I brew between March and November, I make mead in the winter.Mashman
#19
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:21 PM
#20
Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:20 AM
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users