I love this pool idea. I don't have to wait on the zombie-apocalypse but it will probably be another month or two before my pool gets into the 60's much less 40's. I'd just set the carboy on the the second or third step no need to float it.
For my first brew I choose a Brown Ale Extract kit from AHS. Everything went really well on brew day very close on my OG 1.054 vice 1.052 in the recipe. I put the wort in the fermenter and added my room temperature WL P005 without starter. (There was nothing in the recipe about making a...