outdoor brewing

[whoaru99]

Always brewed outside using full volume and propane, spring through late fall. Tried winter once. Got it done but too much PITA with all the steam and just in general with the temperature. So, I don't brew in the winter per se. Yeah, I can think of workarounds, but ain't no big thing for me not to brew during that time.

 

[JohnDBrewer]

I'm an outdoor, edge of the garage, brewer. Three vessel, triple propane burner, except when I do decoction, then it's four burners. I brew year around, but fair weather - not on windy days or if it's going to rain too much.

 

[MicroMickey]

When I first started brewing, it was indoors on the stove top. My wife had no problem with boiling wort until I dropped in the hops. It didn't take long until I moved outside. I started with a Bru-Heat setup and eventually settled on a propane burner and S/S kettle.

 

[jcav]

I brew outside on my back covered lanai. Once a month rain or shine, hot or cold I will be out there brewing up a batch. It can be a pain lugging out my 3 vessel e-herms from the garage and lugging it back in when I am done, but it works for me. Wish I had a basement for a permanent brewery set up. Or maybe a separate brew house in the back yard!

John

 

[passedpawn]

I brew outside on my back covered lanai. Once a month rain or shine, hot or cold I will be out there brewing up a batch. It can be a pain lugging out my 3 vessel e-herms from the garage and lugging it back in when I am done, but it works for me. Wish I had a basement for a permanent brewery set up. Or maybe a separate brew house in the back yard!

John

^^ lives only a few miles from me! And, my thoughts too. It's why I finally downsized my huge system to a 5g AIO.

 

[Agent]

In the Wisconsin countryside, I was usually fighting a combination of weather and insects and seldom got that magical "lovely brewday". One winter day was flirting with -20F and I froze the chiller hose between setup and use, and needless to say the ice cold keggle was a bear to clean with slush. But that was a new record on chill time.

So I built a 800 sqft kitchen space on the back of my garage. I'll open the windows if I want to feel the outdoors.

 

[passedpawn]

In the Wisconsin countryside, I was usually fighting a combination of weather and insects and seldom got that magical "lovely brewday". One winter day was flirting with -20F and I froze the chiller hose between setup and use, and needless to say the ice cold keggle was a bear to clean with slush. But that was a new record on chill time.

So I built a 800 sqft kitchen space on the back of my garage. I'll open the windows if I want to feel the outdoors.

Here's my record chill time. I think I got it to pitching temperature in 1 minute. Immersion chiller on the inside, massive water flow on outside, me stirring, Marley the wonderdog calling cadence.

 

[fluketamer]

Here's my record chill time. I think I got it to pitching temperature in 1 minute. Immersion chiller on the inside, massive water flow on outside, me stirring, Marley the wonderdog calling cadence.



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thats really cool

 

[Skeeter686]

thats really cool

I see what you did there