Someone should do an experiment. 5gal simple beer. Split into 2, be very gentle with one to limit oxygen. Then put a ton of oxygen in the other half. Split a pack of dry yeast. Then see what happens.
Also a can prevents skunking. Brown bottles block a lot of bad uv rays but not all. The can blocks all light. Therefore preserving the wonderful hop flavor.
Kitchen gas stoves have this problem too. Max I could get going was about 3 gal, then I just added water. I had a couple of extract with specialty grain batches that never boiled well and turned out.
Could also look into the party pigs, or tap a draft systems. I have not tried any if the systems yet. But I am looking for something myself. Just don't have the space for the cornie keg setup.
So I tried the Marshalltown heater. It helped heat the water much faster. It would the take the wort to a boil then shut down, and repeat. It seems like the internal controller lets it get to a boil the shuts it down till it stops boiling.
I'm sure the beer will still taste fine. A nut...
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I was thinking of trying one if these.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it work well?
My main use would be supplementing my rather weak gas stove. I have only done extract brewing to date. And may go to...
My Mom got me into brewing about six months ago. Her beers are still better than mine.
The wife hasn't shown a lot of interest yet, I suppose being pregnant has something to do with that.
To me this does not sound good. With that said, this is a hobby where we do what sounds good to us. or sounds like a fun experiment. We are all in thus to have fun. I would like I know how this turns out.