brewbama
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I live in Alabama. What is this Winter thing you speak of?
Also in AL. I brew out on the deck. Sometimes I deploy the EZ Up.
I live in Alabama. What is this Winter thing you speak of?
Maybe. I have one that has one of these doodads on the end:
Or it did... it came off attached to my chiller funny enough and I haven't put it back on yet. I either over tightened the chiller trying to stop some dripping or it was installed $#!+y or both. Is that the same thing?
That is so mean to us northerners who deal with the white stuff that falls from the sky for months on end!!! LOL
I really need to move south!!
I have a screened in porch that helps a lot plus I use the cardboard box that my flat screen TV came that wraps around my burn and propane tank with room to spare. It's at least 4 foot tall and blocks the wind and when I get cold I just sit on a bucket next to the burner and its plenty warm.
In Maui the winters are pretty tough to brew as well. See attached pic
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In Maui the winters are pretty tough to brew as well. See attached pic
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In Maui the winters are pretty tough to brew as well. See attached pic
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It's a hard life.
Please take no offense when I say, you suck!
There's a theory--I just invented it--that says each place is equally attractive. Maui--I've been there, very nice--is expensive. Hard to get things we take for granted in the lower 48. Land and housing--expensive in Maui. However, the weather is terrific.
Every place has its advantages and disadvantages. My theory is that on balance, each place has enough nice to balance the not-so-nice.
We have some winter here in Wisconsin, but one thing we don't worry about is water. Land is reasonably-priced, where i live you can buy a home for in the $100,000 range, with a large yard. We tolerate the winter to get the other great things about living here.
Same in Maui. They tolerate the things that are disadvantages which are balanced by the things that are great.
In Maui the winters are pretty tough to brew as well. See attached pic
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I live in Maine so that's about half my year. Its actually the reason I switched over to using induction burners with SS 304 pots. Now I brew in the basement where it also stays cooler in the summer.
My bib does not look like that unfortunately, just a standard hose, not a forward sealing like you have. I could do water and ice if I had a pump. I'm normally gravity only but I suppose I could use the sump pump I use for pumping water out of my garage when it floods... it already has a garden hose fitting and if I'm using a IC it doesn't need to be food safe right? Plus once we hit that part of the winter I can keep cooling the water w/ snow. This might just work...
I just started my brewing journey and I'm already dreading winter. Ohio is cold as **** and I don't have a garage or anything. I don't *really* want to use my propane burner indoors, but I also don't want to give up brewing for 4 months b
What area of Ohio? I brew in the garage mostly in the Fall and Winter. If you are local you are welcome to join me. Brewing with friends gives me an excuse to drink homebrew
None of you know what winter is. I live 14 hours north of the border in Northern British Columbia. 18 hours of darkness in the winter and minus 40C or more. The summers more than make up for it all plus I love the snow and all the fun that can be had with it. .
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