How do you brewers in the cold places boil the wort when it's really cold outside? I'm going to end up using an entire tank of propane to keep 7 gallons at a rolling boil when it's 10 degrees F outside...
It sucks but is worth it. I have not tried heat shield and all that. Just burner out in the open garage. It takes me about 40 minutes to get strike water heated, another 40 to get sparge water heated, 20 to get from mash tun to boil, 60 minute boil.
I get about 2 brews out of a propane tank in the winter.
On the bright side cooling is a snap lol. i actually took to long to rack and ended up at about 50 lol. Pulled the chiller at 70.
The last two snowstorms in my area I have been outside in mid-brew
We had a nice 2' snowfall before Christmas and while shivering out there watching the snow start to build up around the burner as the wind was strong enough to overwhelm the heat, I started doodling up my total electric rig plans.
I just make a wind shield . Several steel shelves with bailing wire.
Might have taken a few minutes longer to reach boil but I had to throttle it down to normal to maintain the boil.
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Oh man, this has got me concerned! This is my first winter doing full boils out on my deck and I really don't want to drive 30 minutes each way to go get my tank filled before my brew this saturday!
+1 for In the Garage. I open the side window and have the main door open 12-18 inches.
It's chilly sometimes, but that the price I pay for my beer. I haven't noticed a big change in time to boil, or in where I set my burner at.
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