I should have used a black cauldron.
brew day from hell. Windy rainy day, so figured I'd brew in the garage and leave the door up about a foot when the burners are running and a window open to get enough ventilation. Dropped the grain bucket filling up the mill. had to reweigh everything and guess at the mix of grains that got into the motorcycle lift.
went good after that until it was time to sparge, the tube from the false bottom came off. clogged up the pump with grain and had to scoop out the grains to a different keggle. figured everything was converted so didn't worry about the temperature loss.
finally got the kettle full and boiling after about 5 hours. Got the fermenters full after about 7 hours. Brewed Jamil's moose drool clone. Named it witches drool. It better turn out good.
big bag of candy for the runts, but no runts have showed and it's about 1 1/2 hours after dark. I need a beer.