ColumbusAmongus
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Hey guys
I wanted to take a little poll and see what people do to keep warm for winter brewing. I brew out in my garage and in MI, it often gets cold enough to freeze my pints of beer! I hardly brewed last winter because it was insanely cold so that made me incredibly sad I am thinking
I need to do something about this and get some heat in there so I can brew more often!
I have a small garage so I need to keep it open for ventilation while I brew so I am not trying to heat my entire garage. I would like to have something to heat a small corner in the garage during the entire brew session so I am looking for something more direct that will be "on" for the entire brew session.
I was originally after something to hook up to a propane tank but if I run it for 6 hours, it sounds like I might go through a lot of propane. I was thinking perhaps a heavy duty electric heater to blow air into the corner where I setup but I might run into contamination issues constantly blowing dusty garage air towards my kettle. I am leaning towards hanging up a heat lamp over my brewing corner but I am not sure how well they heat.
So I am curious what do you fellow northern garage brewers do to keep your pints from freezing over in the winter? Cheers
I have a small garage so I need to keep it open for ventilation while I brew so I am not trying to heat my entire garage. I would like to have something to heat a small corner in the garage during the entire brew session so I am looking for something more direct that will be "on" for the entire brew session.
I was originally after something to hook up to a propane tank but if I run it for 6 hours, it sounds like I might go through a lot of propane. I was thinking perhaps a heavy duty electric heater to blow air into the corner where I setup but I might run into contamination issues constantly blowing dusty garage air towards my kettle. I am leaning towards hanging up a heat lamp over my brewing corner but I am not sure how well they heat.
So I am curious what do you fellow northern garage brewers do to keep your pints from freezing over in the winter? Cheers