Everyone is against me!

[clayof2day]

So I finally got yesterday's burner problem figured out, left work early to get my brewday going. I planned on leaving at noon, but of course it was quarter to 3 when I left, the wife was late picking me up. I finally got mahsed it, 4 oclock, now it looks like rain!!

This Irish Red was my best extract beer and I'm anxious to get the AG done and into my new (to me) kegs, but it seems all are against me.

The good news, hit mash temp, 152, right on the nose, got a nice glass of brown ale with me. Forecast says no rain, let us hope!!!

Wish me luck!!

Matt

 

[chillHayze]

Hopefully the rain hold out. If not just remember your evaporation rate will be very low, maybe even negative!

 

[david_42]

Ann Arbor, MI? I suspect the rain would change the pH of the wort. Best keep it covered.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

Wish me luck!!

Matt

Just because your paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you!

 

[Mykel Obvious]

Remember the brewers secret way to avoid rain!!!! Strip down, dance widdershins around the boil kettle 3 times while flinging whole leaf hops over your left shoulder and chant the following over and over all the way around:

(Don't forget to start the chant with a pause between each word... then speed up with each repetition)
Owah...
Tador...
Kiyam...




Hope that Helps

 

[Glibbidy]

Ann Arbor, MI? I suspect the rain would change the pH of the wort. Best keep it covered.

I think what david means is keep the kettle under cover, like a roof or carport. I would never put a lid on a boil.

 

[Kevlar]

Why would you not put a lid on your boil??? I do it all the time. It helps cut down on the amount of boil off plus it helps me regulate my temp and use less gas. Just curious???

 

[Beer Snob]

Remember the brewers secret way to avoid rain!!!! Strip down, dance widdershins around the boil kettle 3 times while flinging whole leaf hops over your left shoulder and chant the following over and over all the way around:

(Don't forget to start the chant with a pause between each word... then speed up with each repetition)
Owah...
Tador...
Kiyam...

No no no.... Ann Arbor Police don't have a sense of humor If you had to deal with that many kids from a major college you wouldn't either....

 

[sause]

No no no.... Ann Arbor Police don't have a sense of humor If you had to deal with that many kids from a major college you wouldn't either....

You haven't been to Madison have you. Those cops are freaking hilarious. Now Milwaukee the cop are a** holes.

 

[homebrewer_99]

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[user 574]

Why would you not put a lid on your boil??? I do it all the time. It helps cut down on the amount of boil off plus it helps me regulate my temp and use less gas. Just curious???

Boiling with the cover off your kettle allows the vapors to release out of the wort carrying with it undesirables you don't want in the beer. I covered like you as well with my 1st batch and learned of open kettle boils here. Someone else may have a more scientific response than I...