damn hose is frozen.....i'm not a quitter though, think i'll fill buckets up in the tub and carry to the kettle..hose should be thawed by time to run the immersion chiller.....
Just a challenge to be overcome...damn hose is frozen.....i'm not a quitter though, think i'll fill buckets up in the tub and carry to the kettle..hose should be thawed by time to run the immersion chiller.....
damn hose is frozen.....i'm not a quitter though, think i'll fill buckets up in the tub and carry to the kettle..hose should be thawed by time to run the immersion chiller.....
Snows in them there hills too friendDo I have this right? You're in Arizona?
Just a challenge to be overcome...
Do I have this right? You're in Arizona?
Snows in them there hills too friend
damn hose is frozen.....i'm not a quitter though, think i'll fill buckets up in the tub and carry to the kettle..hose should be thawed by time to run the immersion chiller.....
I hate it when that happens! This thread popped up prior to my last brew and was a great reminder to blow water out of the hose after I was done.
December is great for brewing. The water isn't 80 Fs coming out the tap.
I've been resisting a substantive reply for as long as I can, I give up.
I live in the frozen tundra and brew in the garage. Much of my brewspace adjustment has been trying to accommodate this.
One accommodation was adopting the steam catcher pioneered by @BrunDog. Works well. I have a garage heater, and can warm up the garage to the upper 50s or even the 60s. Very nice.
But the water to chill? Outside. Where it gets down to zero. Or below. Well below. Not only would I have to open a door to run that hose inside, but the hose lives outside and it's ALWAYS frozen.
My solution? Install a second hose bib off the same line *inside* the garage where it virtually never freezes. Nor does the hose. [emoji4] I never have to go outside to brew, no matter how bad it is outside.
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I've been resisting a substantive reply for as long as I can, I give up.
Did you develop a tick?
4 days you waited! Did you develop a tick?
(Edit: I’m drunk already. Ukrainian in-laws love am vodka shooting for funny, not rude) Merry Christmas
Nearly so!
One of the funny things about people's advice and suggestions here is that it often doesn't take into account another's situation, resources, space limitations, and so on. So often the advice of "why don't you do this?" is negated by "I would if I could."
So, @bracconiere, with that in mind, here's what you do: build a garage if you don't have one, electrify it, go to electric brewing, add a heater, plumb water to the inside where you never, ever, have to leave in the winter.
Don't know how that will be in an Arizona summer, but that's not my problem.
well you did have me thinking about trying to hook up a hose to my kitchen faucet....i already brew in the kitchen....on NG....
edit: (and i take it you're laughing that i only get a slight frost twice a year here )
....One of the funny things about the difference between those who live in the north, and those who do not, is that we in the north have adapted to cold temps. We often have garages or carports to protect vehicles from snow. We have snowblowers, the streets are actually designed such that there is "snow storage" on the curbs and setbacks. It's what makes streets look strange to use when we go south.
And the body adapts. Mine already has, it's why I can go outside in a short-sleeved shirt when the temp is 53, and feel it's just fine. In July or August, I'd feel like it was freezing outside.
And of course, we winterize things, have vehicles that are prepared, the streets are plowed, and ultimately it's not that big a deal. I think that southerners are gobsmacked by the whole idea of winter because on the infrequent occasions when a big winter storm strikes, they're simply not set up to deal with it.
We are.
That goes for driving on ice and snow, knowing that wearing a WINTER coat with a hat and gloves makes cold temps quite reasonable. I see people from the south in a jacket and no hat complaining about the weather, but those who know, just smile.
Years ago we spent 3 years in North Carolina. Once we had about 6 inches of snow, and of course everything was paralyzed. We laughed, but when you don't have the same snow equipment (plows, salt spreaders, etc.) it's going to shut most people down until it melts.
We went out driving somewhere because, for us, what was the big deal? We came to a road blocked by the police, who told us it was impassable and we should turn around. Told the cop we were from Wisconsin; his reply? "Oh....go ahead."
We laughed a lot at that one.
So true. After the last snow storm in CO we bought a snowblower. Then last week we bought a 2020 4Runner 4X4 that will stay in CO and will use especially in snow rather than our two wheel drive Xterra that is there. We took off the new tires that came on it and replaced them with winter tires. We need all the help we can get. We do not have ANY true experience driving in snow or on ice.
We have learned about layering our clothing as well. The last time I was in CO (Halloween day), I was shoveling snow in a long sleeve shirt and shorts without a hat. Neighbors were walking by all bundled up...even their dogs. It is different....
Nearly so!
One of the funny things about people's advice and suggestions here is that it often doesn't take into account another's situation, resources, space limitations, and so on. So often the advice of "why don't you do this?" is negated by "I would if I could."
So, @bracconiere, with that in mind, here's what you do: build a garage if you don't have one, electrify it, go to electric brewing, add a heater, plumb water to the inside where you never, ever, have to leave in the winter.
Don't know how that will be in an Arizona summer, but that's not my problem.
Either way, go play. Put your vehicles into skids and get comfortable with it.
What we do up here when we're teaching teenagers to drive in the winter is we'll take them to a large, snow-covered parking lot--without light poles--and let them put the vehicle into a skid so they can learn how to get out of it....
....Either way, go play. Put your vehicles into skids and get comfortable with it.
One other thing: snow, when the temp is approaching freezing, is quite slippery. The tires press down with a lot of pressure which melts the top layer, turning it to water which is slippery. Same thing that makes ice skates work....
....This is one of those things you learn by doing. So go do.
Quickly defrost frozen garden hose by leaving it in doors overnight. Throw it in bath tub if you dont have a porch area that you don't mind getting a little wet. Mud room etc.
To defrost a frozen outdoor faucet, take a hair dryer to it for about 3-5 minutes. It will slowly start to trickle, then even the water flow will defrost the remaining ice. Works every tiome for me in great white north.
Tricks learned making an outdoor hockey rink, and nothing to do with home brewing outside. Not yet.
And goes in "every night"My hose is shorter, but thicker.
And goes in "every night"
Ddid you say you have it in a trench? Might be an option. Just enough to keep it out of the wind. Wind is a pipes worst enemy.i'm starting to worry this cheap industrial quaility thing is going to burst on me, it's swelling at the end....i'm starting to turn off the hose at the faucet, worried it's going blow at night, and i won't find out until the morning....get a hefty water bill.....at least it's summer now, and i don't need to worry about frigid temps right now....
Ddid you say you have it in a trench?
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