Tips to guard against wind?

Stupid wind is stopping me from brewing. 15 mph with gusts up to 25. Any way to combat this?

electric brewing... lower the garage door, setup whatever you can for a wind-block

jacksonbrown said:

Stupid wind is stopping me from brewing. 15 mph with gusts up to 25. Any way to combat this?

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Build a make shift wind break. We have a bunch of coolers that I started stacking to block the wind. Sometimes though it just becomes impractical when the summer storms begin to run on through every afternoon.

I don't have the means for electric, and I'm brewing up 10 gal today. Or at least planned to. I do tend to use the garage when it's windy but I still have to keep an extra door open for ventilation a that causes a strong cross wind too.

Make a cone shield out of 2 foot wide aluminum roofing flashing. drape the flashing around the keg or kettle, shape it like a cone tight at the top, but not too tight cut tabs all along the top to hold 1 inch off the kettle prop the v of the cone over the tap. It will block the wind and double your heating speed (Yes it will- because the heat will run up the side of the keg and out the top instead of blowing away) PS: you will find it also works wonders keeping the heat in even in the garage. I will see If I have pictures.
A roll of flashing is about 15.00 bucks and it will do 2 kegs.

to the poster above that is genious!!!

I usually take some old landscape paver's (cement) and make an enclosed area around the burner. Usually works pretty well, and the stones heat up, acting like a heat source too.

This is what they look like.

burner skirts... I like it!

6" to 8" stove pipe connector fits perfectly on the SQ14. You have to shorten it a little, but the diameter change is perfect...

yodalegomaster said:

This is what they look like.

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Those Look like the most potentially dangerous piece of equipment I have ever seen...not to knock how well it works...lol. Another thing I have seen that is similar to this is get a large galvanized trash can and cut a hole in the bottom then slide it over the burner+ pot. (You may also need to pop some holes in the sides for air to get to the flame...)

If you were going to invest $ in a solution, I would advise to up the cost just a little and make a heat stick. I think I have about $25 in mine...http://www.cedarcreeknetworks.com/heatstick.htm

Another thing I have been looking REALLY long and hard at is a golf umbrella/shelter.(If they had these in Real Tree I would already own one...lol) They have them at Sam's Club (Probably a lot of other places too.) I like this because it can be used for other things than brewing.