Why would people be so neat and clean with sanitation and then go and brew outdoors with a turkey fryer? Am I missing something here? If the name of the game is clean and sanitize why would I ever think of brewing outdoors???
Because my backyard is cleaner than my kitchen.
jdub1782 said:For me the switch to outdoors was due to full boils, larger batches, and not smelling up the house with hop smells. (it did not bother me, but the wife and kids did not like the smell)
jdub1782 said:Sanitation is important on the cold side of the process, ie after you start chilling the wort. During the boil, the heat keeps everything sanitized.
You obviously don't want stuff falling into your brew kettle, but sanitation isn't an issue until after the boil is complete.
For me the switch to outdoors was due to full boils, larger batches, and not smelling up the house with hop smells. (it did not bother me, but the wife and kids did not like the smell)
Really? My daughter loves to smell the hops. Maybe training at an early age helps. On topic though I thought about this too but I was told it's ok so am I'm moving outside as. Soon as I get a burner. I might build something like a wood to brew in to keep the wind and rain out.
jdub1782 said:I have two teenagers, so I am perfectly happy for them not to like the smell of my beer. At least for a few more years.
Big_Cat said:Why would people be so neat and clean with sanitation and then go and brew outdoors with a turkey fryer? Am I missing something here? If the name of the game is clean and sanitize why would I ever think of brewing outdoors???
Why would people be so neat and clean with sanitation and then go and brew outdoors with a turkey fryer? Am I missing something here? If the name of the game is clean and sanitize why would I ever think of brewing outdoors???
Real men brew outside.
b-boy said:...In February
Big_Cat said:If the name of the game is clean and sanitize why would I ever think of brewing outdoors???
Because even Take Some Advice has brewed outdoors.
neko said:Because even Take Some Advice has brewed outdoors.
Is that what TSA stands for?
No January. February's too warm
nalidixic said:In Canada.
In Canada.
lschiavo said:No. In shorts and a wife beater. Wasn't TSA from Canada?
Because most people don't have a nice gas stove in the house with enough btu and when your boiling its sanitized! Dahl!
Senior Member, 255 posts...hmmm...show us your indoor setup Big Cat...
Senior Member, 255 posts...hmmm...show us your indoor setup Big Cat...
this right here is sound.Lastly, it's beer. Control what you can, don't worry about what you can't.
During the winter I do all of my brewing outside, including cooling and pitching the yeast. Why? Because yes, while there are microbes floating around everywhere, indoors and out, which one is going to be more active? One that's been floating around on a speck of dust in the 25*F morning, or one that's been hanging out on your ceiling at a nice cozy 70*F?
edit: and of course, everything is easier to clean up outside. Boilover? It gets the hose. Forgot to close the spigot before dumping in sparge water? It gets the hose. Too lazy to walk spent grains to the woods and just dumped them on the driveway? It gets the hose.
Fire inside....bad. Fire outside....good. Gronk like outside fire! Outside fire cook while brew beer! Many sausages cook while brewing...good!
During the winter I do all of my brewing outside, including cooling and pitching the yeast. Why? Because yes, while there are microbes floating around everywhere, indoors and out, which one is going to be more active? One that's been floating around on a speck of dust in the 25*F morning, or one that's been hanging out on your ceiling at a nice cozy 70*F?
edit: and of course, everything is easier to clean up outside. Boilover? It gets the hose. Forgot to close the spigot before dumping in sparge water? It gets the hose. Too lazy to walk spent grains to the woods and just dumped them on the driveway? It gets the hose.
^this^
The inside of your house likely has as many or more bacteria and wild yeast as your back yard does!
Makes sense but i live in south Florida and we never get 25f ..its cooler inside my home than its outside and that includes winter where our coldest day was 62 lol
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