Advanced extract brewing

[PCABrewing]

If there's no way to disable that fan, try wrapping some of this around your kettle, and forget about the oven. Not only will it keep your mash temp stable (my 4 gallon mash only loses about 3 degrees over 60 minutes), but it'll help you heat up your water significantly faster.

Thanks for the ideas.
But I wasn't looking for a solution, I have that, it's called a mash tun.
I was simply stating that I hadn't considered mashing in an oven. I think it is a great solution where equipment constrained or the desire for a smaller mash exists.

Thank you all for the well-intentioned responses.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Let's see what develops in 2022 ...

In retrospect, I feel that 2022 was a good year for this topic.

But, as they (occasionally) say, "all good things must come to an end need a break". And I'm working on some ideas that appear to need about a year to prove/dis-prove to my satisfaction. Maybe some of the ideas will leak into "I brewed an experimental recipe a few weeks ago...".

As a follow-up, 2023 could be summarized as ...

... and a couple of other things that didn't fit on the 1st line.

For those looking to advance extract brewing in 2024 (and beyond), consider listening to

• Brew Files #160
• BeerSmith Podcast #293
• BeerSmith Podcast #269

and create your own "Microbrewed Adventures".