Charcoal tastes better?

Has anyone tried to use charcoal instead of propane for a full boil?

hey I was thinking about this too. My dad's house has an outdoor brick chimney firepit I was thinking about building a fire and boiling wort on. Suppose it would impart some smokiness. And be cheap as hell to boil on.

krops13 said:

Has anyone tried to use charcoal instead of propane for a full boil?

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I brew over an open wood fire often, google coal porter too, but fire will be in your beer, no way to avoid this . OK for certain styles, but not everything . Try it, it's fun.

Not sure my weber could hold a full keggle.

The only difference will be the amount of ash that gets into the pot. While boiling, the steam will prevent any smoke from getting in.

GilaMinumBeer said:

Not sure my weber could hold a full keggle.

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Thats one of the things i was wondering about.
so i put my kettle on there full of water. and
the weber didnt seem to mind. but the cooking
grate is questionable. but i do have a weber fire
chimney that i use to start the charcoal before
bbqing. gets really hot using only a little bit of
charcoal. i was thinking of building a small box
out of cinder blocks putting that inside and the
kettle on top. also this way i can pull it out and
put more charcoal in there if needed.

this is the fire chimney not sure how to load pictures