Forgive me for thinking this is awesome/Brewing in cold weather.

[dfc]

I live in Arizona and haven't really brewed much when it's cold. I noticed all of the steam coming off of my kettle during the boil and this just looks awesome.

http://s49.beta.photobucket.com/user/drummingforchrist/media/Brewing/IMG_0089_zpsecccc83b.mp4.html

 

[MrTheKing]

N00b!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAUoC7Dj88

 

[Channel66]

It's great.. until your scheduled brew day is pushing the mercury down below -20. I huddle in the house over the gas stove instead.

 

[dfc]

N00b!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAUoC7Dj88

I saw that one. This is MY first brew in the "cold" though.

 

[Double-R]

Cold in Arizona....Please

 

[dfc]

It's great.. until your scheduled brew day is pushing the mercury down below -20. I huddle in the house over the gas stove instead.

I'm pushing 50°F

 

[dfc]

Cold in Arizona....Please

I'm originally from Ohio. Trust me, I know how silly it sounds.

If you live out here for 6 years though 110° isn't that bad and anything below 60° is "cold".

 

[shizzy77]

uhhh, yea... cold.

I'll brew all winter here in MN. I just leave the door cracked in the garage, the burner usually warms it up a bit.

 

[jakenbacon]

Hey now, its supposed to get to 34 degrees tonight

 

[swackattack]

I kind of like it here in the winter....was 30 during my last night brew session

Cuts down on cooling time!

 

[dfc]

It's actually supposed to hit 29° in Chandler tonight...

 

[seedubxj]

Dipped into the low 30s here on Sunday night's brew.

 

[dfc]

Awesome. That would be cool if this turned into a thread with pictures of people brewing in cold weather. I'm sure some of you northerners have some amazing pics and video of this.

 

[estricklin]

I'm originally from Ohio. Trust me, I know how silly it sounds.

If you live out here for 6 years though 110° isn't that bad and anything below 60° is "cold".

Ya well you haven't lived in AR then, where the humidity is 110% in the summer. I stayed in Cincinatti for a bit where my little girl was getting a liver transplant at Children's Hospital, definately know when winter time comes there.

I love brewing in the winter here, everything cools down faster, it's not melting hot, love seeing the steam coming off the kettle too. I do usually run my sanitize water in the house though, cuz it's so cold out of the hose outside I hate putting my hands in it.

 

[dfc]

Ya well you haven't lived in AR then, where the humidity is 110% in the summer. I stayed in Cincinatti for a bit where my little girl was getting a liver transplant at Children's Hospital, definately know when winter time comes there.

I love brewing in the winter here, everything cools down faster, it's not melting hot, love seeing the steam coming off the kettle too. I do usually run my sanitize water in the house though, cuz it's so cold out of the hose outside I hate putting my hands in it.

I've been in the south in the Summer. Eff that noise.

 

[scottland]

Now you people in the midwest know how we feel when you complain about it being hot =)

 

[passedpawn]

Still 80's during the day here. Going to be a typical tropical Christmas down here - ugh.

Brewing in the cold is fine with me, but cleaning up sucks. I use a hose in the back yard, and if it's below 60 I hate it. Fortunately it usually isn't

 

[Jayhem]

You don't truly know what heat and humidity is until you spend a summer in Houston, TX where I grew up.

That said I prefer humid summers to cold winters any day. Here in VA it can get into the teens some nights in January but usually it's only around 30 at night in dead winter. Plenty of nice 50-60 degree days for brewing even in January. I do appreciate the colder groundwater helping my wort chiller out!

 

[JordanThomas]

COLD? That's cute...

But seriously, cool pic. A friend and I brewed two batches 3 weeks ago and it was in the 20's. Lots of steam (and homebrew) to warm us up!

 

[dfc]

Now you people in the midwest know how we feel when you complain about it being hot =)

Haha, yep.

 

[JordanThomas]

Living on the West side of Michigan is pretty humid in July and August as well. And I've experienced humidity in Houston. Pretty comparable IMHO.

 

[unionrdr]

Try the Texas panhandle. 139F in the friggin shade,hot wind blowin all the time. 143 out in the sun. It's about 47F right now,& I'm about 3.5M from the shore of Lake Erie. Just inside the edge of the snow belt. Big bad a$$ storm buried MN,All we're gettin is cold wind & rain. Oh darn.

 

[Cider123]

I'm brewing next week in the garage. I don't need to keep the drinkin' beer in the fridge anymore. Everywhere in garage is a fridge, everywhere outside is a freezer.

 

[WileECoyote]

I live in Arizona and haven't really brewed much when it's cold. I noticed all of the steam coming off of my kettle during the boil and this just looks awesome.

http://s49.beta.photobucket.com/user/drummingforchrist/media/IMG_0089_zpsecccc83b.mp4.html

Hello dfc fellow Arizonian, IDK what anyone says your right its getting cold here, and below 50 deg and its like the cold just cuts right through your cloths here, its cold enough that I had to stop driving the dune buggy to the store, Nice Pic BTW.

Cheers

 

[dfc]

Thanks.

 

[scottland]

Try the Texas panhandle. 139F in the friggin shade,hot wind blowin all the time. 143 out in the sun. It's about 47F right now,& I'm about 3.5M from the shore of Lake Erie. Just inside the edge of the snow belt. Big bad a$$ storm buried MN,All we're gettin is cold wind & rain. Oh darn.

That's a joke right. It's never been 139F in Texas. Either the thermometer was in the sun, the thermometer was broken, or my sarcasm meter is off.

 

[yewtah-brewha]

In utah it will be 14 degrees tonight and I have to work in it!:cross:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=88 this vid shows lows as low as 33 below here in the state, So I dont feel sorry for your 50 degree AZ whether. LOL

 

[lumpher]

wanted to brew today, but the high was 52 and windy. didn't wanna stay out there in that. supposed to be 64 tomorrow. i can do that

 

[Channel66]

You guys are adorable. 50s are good brewing temps.

 

[Drewski8986]

That's a joke right. It's never been 139F in Texas. Either the thermometer was in the sun, the thermometer was broken, or my sarcasm meter is off.

No you meter is spot on http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/annual_texas_temperatures.htm