I don't know how you Northeners do it...

[BrewBum]

I am mashed in right now and it pushing 20 out. Supposed to snow 5-6 inches today, that will make 4 straight weekends with snow. I guess I have one massive chiller. I am going to have to hook my chiller up to my washing machine hose, in between loads of laundry from my wife, this could be interesting. I should have no problem getting to lager temps within a few hours though.

[Airgead]

Seriously guys.. I wish I had your problem. It was HOT here in Sydney yesterday and dumass here decides to brew. The thermometer on our back deck where the brew rig was set up read 46 in the shade (thats 114.8 for those who insist on using F). Standing next to the burner getting the boil going was no fun at all.

At least in the cold you can stand next to the burner or put a jumper on. There's only so much you can take off when its hot before the neighbours start calling the police.

Cheers
Dave

[skipper]

At least in the cold you can stand next to the burner or put a jumper on.

Translation: jumper = sweater.

Glad I wasn't in Sydney in the weekend...hot weather AND bushfires...nasty.

[Airgead]

Glad I wasn't in Sydney in the weekend...hot weather AND bushfires...nasty.

Yep.. any closer and I'd have ended up with a smoked pale ale. Not sure how that would have tasted...

[barleypopmaker]

Ha Ha today's high is 18 degrees and I was walking around with t-shirt on outside. Granted I wasn't out for a stroll, but going from the car into a building back to the car, on to the next building. I know some people who moved to Georgia from here and said people in south put on a sweater when it gets below 50! Christ, I'm still in shorts outside when it's 50. Wimps.

[bub]

wow... 114 deg F... must make it easy to mash.
BUB

[DannyW]

wow... 114 deg F... must make it easy to mash.
BUB

Except for that 95F acid rest, perhaps. Have to make that immersion chiller do double duty.

[Airgead]

wow... 114 deg F... must make it easy to mash.
BUB

You don't have to wworry too much about the mash temp dropping.

Mind you... chilling is a bitch. Imagine trying to chill to 18C ( 64F) when the water out of the tap is 30C (86F). I've had to make a pre-chiller to chill my chiller water. Even with that it was an hour and a half to get it close to pitching temp. They trying to keep it there in a foam box filled with ice (I really need a brew fridge). It chewed through 6kg of ice in 3 hours before night fell and things started to cool off a bit.

Give me some cold weather any day.

Cheers
Dave