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Homebrewing
Posted by Nick B. on 2013-02-05 00:24:16
Brewing outside in ca. -6°C temperatures? My outside brewing is in the garden shed out back, the walls of which are of enameled metal, not wood. So, the steam condenses pretty heavily, which I don't like when it's down near freezing or below freezing. So, winter brewing is often done in the kitchen. (The ceiling out there has a nice anti-condensation coating though, so that's not a problem.) I used to use a couple of 12-litre and an 8-litre pot, then I got a 36 litre one, which takes a while to bring to a boil on the big middle burner on the induction stove, but then works quite well. The bad thing is managing the steam in the house: keeping the windows popped open at the top when there's wind to drive it right out the kitchen window's great, but this isn't always the case. If only I'd have planned for a Brauhaus back when we were spec'ing this house 5 years(!) ago! Boiling in the driveway though...what about breezes and wind? I've wind-proofed the shed using, among other things, a couple of empty cases of DuPont beer brought back from Gent a year ago.
 
Followups:
                     Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-05 06:52:03
                       Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-05 07:24:42
                       Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-06 00:54:02
                         Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-06 02:32:50
                         Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-06 04:45:14
                           Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-06 05:27:37
                           Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-06 05:30:42
                             Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-06 12:26:47
                               Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-06 13:05:06
                                 Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-06 13:34:20
                                   Homebrewing by TreinJan on  2013-02-06 15:08:58
                                   Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-06 17:59:20
                                     Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-07 00:47:46
                                       Homebrewing by TreinJan on  2013-02-07 00:49:36
                                   Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-07 00:48:04
                                   Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-07 00:48:04
                                     Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-07 01:41:50
                             Homebrewing by Mike B. on  2013-02-07 04:12:14
                                     Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-07 07:01:29
                                       Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-07 07:09:00
                                       Homebrewing by Fred Waltman on  2013-02-07 09:17:11
                                         Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-07 10:45:33
                               Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-08 00:45:12
                                       Homebrewing by Nick B. on  2013-02-08 00:47:26
                                         Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-08 06:40:28
                                           Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-08 08:57:54
                                             Homebrewing by barry on  2013-02-08 09:25:14
                                               Homebrewing by TreinJan on  2013-02-08 09:53:50
                                               Homebrewing by Mark Andersen on  2013-02-08 10:05:53