Gotta love cool weather and brewing

JonM · Jan 29, 2016

Pitchers and catchers report on 2/18/16.

lumpher · Jan 29, 2016

Terek said:
did you just really say 60 was cool weather brewing!?!?! Whatever. I just brewed a week ago and it warmed up to 38. Had to put a tee shirt on, it was so warm. It has been in the low teens for the high, and below 0 at night lately

Yep, I said 60 was cool, just right for brewing. I lived in Nampa for over 4 years, so I know how it gets there... COLD... I lived on 10th Ave S Ext (now S Pine St), 7 few blocks down from Nampa High.

Terek · Feb 1, 2016

lumpher said:
Yep, I said 60 was cool, just right for brewing. I lived in Nampa for over 4 years, so I know how it gets there... COLD... I lived on 10th Ave S Ext (now S Pine St), 7 few blocks down from Nampa High.

ha! i know where that is. Actually i just moved to fairfield. Guess i should change that, lol. It actually has warmed up. Was 1* this morning, and 27* right now. Like a heat wave

unionrdr · Feb 2, 2016

Downright cold here this morning, even though it's supposed to get up to 52F. I'll believe it when it happens. Porter initial fermentation got up to 70.6F despite the cold temps.

lumpher · Feb 13, 2016

Another perfect brewing day. 65 and sunny, Hefeweizen is halfway done boiling, 80's hair metal is blasting, and the pale ale is flowing. DAYUMM, life can be good.

kombat · Feb 13, 2016

I brewed this morning. It was -20° F. When it came time to chill, I ran the wort through my plate chiller full speed, with all valves wide open, powered by my Chugger pump. The carboy filled up in about 2 minutes, and the wort was 64º F. But it was so cold that the regulator on my burner froze up and I couldn't adjust my flame. Also, the foam on top of my bucket of Star San froze and was crunchy. The hoses got stiff and my hands were freezing, but it all worked out and the beer is now happily fermenting.