Wizard_of_Frobozz
Well-Known Member
I'll throw my 2¢ in:
Advantages to electric:
1. Brewing inside when it's 10°F outside
2. Brewing inside when it's 95°F, 95% RH outside
3. Brewing inside when it's raining outside
4. Brewing inside when it's snowing outside
5. Brewing independent of weather...ok, I think I've made my point now!
Disadvantages to electric:
1. It can be harder/more expensive to set up (installing 30 or 50 amp circuits, drilling holes in your shiny new kettle, controllers, etc)
2. Power outages during a brew session are a pain
I'm never going back to propane. Where I live, we get cold winters and hot, humid summers. Electric allows me to brew whenever I want without worrying about weather. I like the work/fiddling that comes with building an electric rig, so there's that too.
I'll point you to @BrunDog and his thread about a boil condenser to avoid steam all over your brew room: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...denser-no-overhead-ventilation-needed.636955/ This type of thing really makes electric brewing 100% weather independent - you'd have to have some kind of outside ventilation without it, which would bring the weather somewhat back into the equation.
Advantages to electric:
1. Brewing inside when it's 10°F outside
2. Brewing inside when it's 95°F, 95% RH outside
3. Brewing inside when it's raining outside
4. Brewing inside when it's snowing outside
5. Brewing independent of weather...ok, I think I've made my point now!
Disadvantages to electric:
1. It can be harder/more expensive to set up (installing 30 or 50 amp circuits, drilling holes in your shiny new kettle, controllers, etc)
2. Power outages during a brew session are a pain
I'm never going back to propane. Where I live, we get cold winters and hot, humid summers. Electric allows me to brew whenever I want without worrying about weather. I like the work/fiddling that comes with building an electric rig, so there's that too.
I'll point you to @BrunDog and his thread about a boil condenser to avoid steam all over your brew room: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...denser-no-overhead-ventilation-needed.636955/ This type of thing really makes electric brewing 100% weather independent - you'd have to have some kind of outside ventilation without it, which would bring the weather somewhat back into the equation.
