I am currently working on a wee heavy. My original plan was to do the long mash on one day, boil for about 20 minutes, then stick the wort in corny kegs overnight, and do the boil the next day.
So I got to the part where the wort is sitting in the corny kegs overnight on my back patio. Then I wake up at about 4:00am this morning to the pitter-patter of falling rain. Uh, oh....I check the weather forecast on my phone and sure enough, thunderstorms/hail all day today and rain tomorrow as well.
So, my plan has changed. I am not sure of the exact temp of the wort right now. The kegs feel a bit warm to the touch on the outside so I am thinking in the 100-120F range maybe. What I did was bring the cornies inside and stick them in my kegerator, and while I was at it, I purged the headspace with CO2 and sealed them up.
Due to scheduling conflicts the earliest I could do a "real" boil on these would be Wednesday probably, but even that is sketchy. More likely would be Friday. Whenever it happens, it will be a 2-hour boil. I am pretty sure this should work out OK, but wanted to hear others' opinions on the matter.
So I got to the part where the wort is sitting in the corny kegs overnight on my back patio. Then I wake up at about 4:00am this morning to the pitter-patter of falling rain. Uh, oh....I check the weather forecast on my phone and sure enough, thunderstorms/hail all day today and rain tomorrow as well.
So, my plan has changed. I am not sure of the exact temp of the wort right now. The kegs feel a bit warm to the touch on the outside so I am thinking in the 100-120F range maybe. What I did was bring the cornies inside and stick them in my kegerator, and while I was at it, I purged the headspace with CO2 and sealed them up.
Due to scheduling conflicts the earliest I could do a "real" boil on these would be Wednesday probably, but even that is sketchy. More likely would be Friday. Whenever it happens, it will be a 2-hour boil. I am pretty sure this should work out OK, but wanted to hear others' opinions on the matter.