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

[MrTheKing]

Double brew night - another IPA and an Oktoberfest style something or other.

9*, Real Feel 4* in Denver at the moment. Almost had to put a hoodie on over my t-shirt

 

[techbrewie]

yeah its been pushing 0 for most the month. windchill of 10-20 degrees. I might just risk the propane burner inside this weekend. it's THAT cold.

 

[unionrdr]

Where are you? Behind the garage by the back fence?

 

[MrTheKing]

The back alley of my apartment/rowhouse. Or Pleasure Alley as I like to call it. What I wouldn't give for a garage.

 

[unionrdr]

Damn man,that's hard core!

 

[microbusbrewery]

Double brew night - another IPA and an Oktoberfest style something or other.

9*, Real Feel 4* in Denver at the moment. Almost had to put a hoodie on over my t-shirt

That's pretty hardcore. I just finished cleaning up and it's about 4F outside but they say it feels like -7F. Luckily I can brew in my garage which was probably somewhere between 35-40F today. Relatively speaking, that's a downright balmy temperature.

 

[yewtah-brewha]

I was told -1 last night, I had to work in it! that was some cold shiz, cool to to see a local here. I was begining to wonder if any Utahns were brewin!

 

[microbusbrewery]

I was told -1 last night, I had to work in it! that was some cold shiz, cool to to see a local here. I was begining to wonder if any Utahns were brewin!

That sucks that you had to work in it. I just about froze going outside to dump my spent grains.

 

[Grossy]

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".

Whoa! hold on there partner.

Don't try and sell that "It's a dry heat" stuff around here.

Perhaps up in Phoenix you guys get used to 110 degrees. But for everyone else 110 is flat out misery on earth. In facts it's the surface of the sun. I have lived here for 30 years, and I still cant get used to it. Today it was 45 degrees and it was awesome.

By the way, we are going to hit 18 degrees tonight, down here in Tucson.

Cheers.

 

[DenverUSMC]

I had a little chill in the air as well, although I still don't miss San Antonio!

 

[lumpher]

brewed a brown ale saturday evening. started when it was about 65. by the time i finished, a cold front had moved in, and dropped it to about 40 and windy. decided it would be better to wait till later to toss spent grains. all you who talk about that being warm still, come out here and have a beer with me on my back porch when it's 107 outside and i'm grilling. i have an awning over my back porch

 

[Varmintman]

My last batch I brewed it was -14F. When it gets that cold I brew in a stairwell or my boil never really gets going very good.

On the bonus side though I have a storeroom that stays 42F all winter long. Great for storing the beer after it carbs

 

[dfc]

BTW, it's been in the teens lately here in Phoenix. Screw you guys and your "Cold in Phoenix"? comments.

 

[microbusbrewery]

BTW, it's been in the teens lately here in Phoenix. Screw you guys and your "Cold in Phoenix"? comments.

Lol, nice

 

[luke_d]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=_6t-EjrtD3U&desktop_uri=/watch?v=_6t-EjrtD3U

This is hilarious!

 

[scottland]

To our credit, it has been in the high teens, low 20s for a few days in a row (finally warming up), but the homes here really weren't designed with sub-freezing temps in mind.

Pipes in houses are bursting left and right. A good friend of mine works for a fire and water damage company, and they are ABSOLUTELY swamped with water damage calls. It sounds silly to hear us complain about 20*, as that is a nice high for some places this time of year. This is a desert though, things weren't built with the cold in mind.

 

[dfc]

I'm bumping this for more pics and videos. Let's see the steam coming off of your kettle!

 

[rico567]

I quit brewing in Winter AND Summer a long while back. Now I just brew what I need Spring and Fall, with a sufficient stockpile to take me through those gaps.

 

[dfc]

Bubs would brew in the winter...

 

[flatlanderHQ]

Ok, little Canadian perspective here. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba (7 hour drive from Minneapolis) and tonight it is going down to -34 F. Nights like tonight are for drinking, not brewing! This is when your breath feelfreezes in your lungs. But, nothing Like a nice roasty brown porter to keep your belly warm.

Cheers! And Merry Christmas to all you fellow home brewers, north, south, east and west.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

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!

Sorry, both Dubai and Basrah, Iraq have you beat. Any place where the air condenses on you like an ice tea glass in Georgia when you leave the hotel...that is hot and humid.

 

[Toy4Rick]

I brewed last Saturday in up state New York when it was 12 degrees outside. It all went very well. 2 days prior it was 4 degrees and we BBQd a prime rib roast outside. Where there's a will....

Rick

 

[ChuBru]

The only thing better then brewing in the cold is snapper sandwiches

 

[lumpher]

I brewed last Saturday in up state New York when it was 12 degrees outside. It all went very well. 2 days prior it was 4 degrees and we BBQd a prime rib roast outside. Where there's a will....
Rick

that's just nasty cold. i don't like to brew if it's less than 40. there's very little will when it's that cold i salute your dedication for brewing at 12 degrees

 

[KGB09]

Spokane brewer. I have to watch the forecast all winter long in search of a day when it's at least a high of 36. Just got my first winter batch in on tue. Weeks of below freezing, to well below freezing finally gave way. Definitely poses challenges. Had to heat strike water 25 degrees higher than target mash temp.

 

[lumpher]

it's supposed to be 62 saturday. already have the grain milled for a 10g apa

 

[TANSTAAFB]

I think I had a high of 16°. It really sucked when the sun went down though...dropped to zero or lower soooo quick! Just in time to chill and clean. FML... I'll brew inside the rest of the winter I think. Does make chilling a breeze though!

 

[TANSTAAFB]

I had a little chill in the air as well, although I still don't miss San Antonio!

C'mon now, no need to badmouth San Antone. Gotta say I'm loving Colorado myself though!