18 Oct
2004
18 Oct
'04
9:10 a.m.
I switched to outdoors last year due to family allergies. I did a batch
yesterday using a turkey fryer on propane in the garage. I keep the
overhead door open a bit and the back door from the garage outside,
depending on the wind and temperature. It only took about 20 minutes to
get to a boil for 3 gallons (I do extract). The fryer was about $60 at
Galyans last year and they have similar stuff at Menards and Home Depot.
Chris Mikkelson wrote:
I just started brewing outdoors earlier this summer,
so today is my coldest outdoor brewday so far. It's
also the first problematic brewday -- I've been
pumping heat into 12 gallons of wort (in a converted
sankey) for over two hours, and it's barely at 190
up from 150 at the end of the sparge. Is this out of
line for a windy 40-ish day, or am I doing something
grossly wrong?
I'd hate to have to move back into the warm indoors,
and be stuck with 5 gallon batches this winter :-(
I'll need to work on some windscreening, for sure --
the lawn chairs and buckets I'm using now don't cut
it. Will I need to look into insulating the Sankey?