So far it's going pretty nicely. And really it's just been moral support from the wife, no actual help needed yet. She's napping now so maybe I won't need any. O_O
I am mashing in just now. Took a while to get the required amount of strike water, but just because I wanted to use the "good stuff" (which I got from the fridge, and it's filtered). But whatever.
I am pre-heating the (cooler) mash tun. It's a 10 gal rubbermaid round one, and it took a while to get the plumbing right on the thing, but it finally doesn't leak. I wish I'd have thought to use "good" water to pre-heat the MLT because then I could have used that as my sparge water. That would waste WAY less water and that would be good. Anyway, it's working out.
The bayou burner gets up to 160 pretty nicely (maybe 15 minutes, and it's windy) ((could really use a windscreen on that thing)). And the SS stock pot for the bayou burner holds the heat VERY nicely. But then it's about 90 degrees out there and it's in the sun, so that makes pretty good sense.
I am mashing in just now. Took a while to get the required amount of strike water, but just because I wanted to use the "good stuff" (which I got from the fridge, and it's filtered). But whatever.
I am pre-heating the (cooler) mash tun. It's a 10 gal rubbermaid round one, and it took a while to get the plumbing right on the thing, but it finally doesn't leak. I wish I'd have thought to use "good" water to pre-heat the MLT because then I could have used that as my sparge water. That would waste WAY less water and that would be good. Anyway, it's working out.
The bayou burner gets up to 160 pretty nicely (maybe 15 minutes, and it's windy) ((could really use a windscreen on that thing)). And the SS stock pot for the bayou burner holds the heat VERY nicely. But then it's about 90 degrees out there and it's in the sun, so that makes pretty good sense.