Has anyone ever brewed when it's windy?

[dfc]

The damn wind keeps blowing out my flame! I set up a temporary barrier. We'll see if this works. This is annoying the piss out of me.

 

[Frodo]

Yup. I use whatever I can find to block the wind, or change brewing location to the lee side of the house/garage if I can.

 

[dfc]

I put up a couple of chairs and leaned some plywood against them. The wind is still trying to blow out my flame, but I am prevailing.

 

[Hawkseven]

Had the same problem today, so I moved the rig into the garage, glad I can do that.

 

[dfc]

I'm right at the edge of my garage, but since I put up my makeshift barrier I haven't had any issues.

 

[John_FL]

Be careful when you are chilling too if there are trees nearby. The wind constantly tries to drop all sorts of stuff into my kettle.

 

[TTB-J]

Last time I brewed we had some really strong gusts - made mashing extremely hard and then kept knocking out the boil every time the wind kicked up. Beer turned out fine though, so provided your stuff doesn't get knocked over I think you'll be good!

 

[Ace_Club]

I made burner shields out of tinfoil and it worked like a charm...

 

[dfc]

Be careful when you are chilling too if there are trees nearby. The wind constantly tries to drop all sorts of stuff into my kettle.

I do partial boils, so I chill with ice blocks I make from filtered water.

 

[dfc]

Last time I brewed we had some really strong gusts - made mashing extremely hard and then kept knocking out the boil every time the wind kicked up. Beer turned out fine though, so provided your stuff doesn't get knocked over I think you'll be good!

Yeah, I'm not going to freak out like my first couple of batches. I know all about RDWHAHB.

 

[LarryC]

It's always a bit breezy on my patio so I created a three sided plywood shield to help keep the flame where it belongs. I put some hinges on the panels and it folds up into a neat 2' square.