Killinger
Well-Known Member
I saw in the latest Zymurgy that a fan mounted or otherwise angled at the top of the wort will slow or prevent a boilover. I searched here to see if anyone else had this bright idea (smacking myself in the forehead, say it with me, "Why didn't I think of that?" Well, seems the good people here are split on it. Others, I see, recommend tossing stainless nuts into the boil to facilitate nucleation. Others squirt water on the boil as it threatens to go over. Others simmer. Others say get a bigger kettle already. OK.
I have a fan. I thought about getting some nuts (hee-hee), but thought of another idea. I have an extra set of silverware in the basement. Could I throw a few forks (stainless steel) in the boil? Would accomplish the same as a a handful of stainless nuts and bolts? I can't say I fully understand the physics of this anyway.
Can someone enlighten me?
I have a fan. I thought about getting some nuts (hee-hee), but thought of another idea. I have an extra set of silverware in the basement. Could I throw a few forks (stainless steel) in the boil? Would accomplish the same as a a handful of stainless nuts and bolts? I can't say I fully understand the physics of this anyway.
Can someone enlighten me?