I brewed the other day. Don’t ask what day it was though I couldn’t tell you. Its been an absolute crazy couple of weeks, fraught with a lot of sad times mixed in with some happiness as well.

Onward and upward. I brewed the other day in the garage. After the boil I figured I’d toss the kettle in the snow bank outside the back garage door. Remembering a friend’s difficult time cooling a batch of beer in a snow bank, I visited it every time the girls went down the sledding hill to repack the snow around it.

It actually cooled off fairly quickly. I was surprised. For anyone brewing in snow laden climes, the absolute best way to use it as a wort cooler is to put your kettle in a sink or tub with water and dump snow in. Putting it directly in the snow just results in a nice blanket of insulating air with little cooling going on. Think of the Igloos and quansa huts made of snow. Air surrounded by snow acts as a great insulator!

Happy brewing,

Cheers