Great photo. The chilling must be super fast. Just run your garden hose through a few meters of snow before it hits the immersion chiller.
Can snow be used as a source of brewing water?

LOL! 40 C (104 F) here on Xmas Day and hasn't been lower than 31 C (88 F) for about a week before or since!

LloydieP wanted to come over tomorrow and do two double-batches. I have put him off until next week .

Nice work Natept, Beach bum uses parkas to insulate his urns. It looks funny because the sleeves give them a personality.

For me, good insulation is the key and not so much on the side (although it is needed) but on top. I find I lose more heat from the top than anywhere else (I know heat rises). So I reckon if you added a cushion from the background of your pic to the lid and then the sleeping bag over the lot, your temp drop would be lees or nil.

Love this thread! Thanks for the pics natept.

Measured my tap water last night. It was 28 C. I really should get into no-chilling

All,
I have been offline for a while and I am back! This last weekend we had a brewfest on a frozen lake.
Sunset Lake Winter Brew
http://youtu.be/RQgOa5u1fes 2012
http://youtu.be/9ZEgAXW6U3w 2011

It may be slow loading. It is in HD!

You blokes are mad! Fancy brewing on a frozen lake

That is the first time I have seen a gas bottle wrapped to keep it warm.

Well done Bob.

hashie
We had a few bottles freeze up on us. At least it was a warm day. Last year the beer had to be kept warm in order to drink it. Can you imagine heating a beer to drink? I put my N/C cube in the car to warm it for the trip home. Next year I expect all of you blokes to attend! I am not the only crazy person here!!!

awesome!
from where i stand, you guys look frik'n mad

Crazy
You guys are mad!!! well done Bob and thanks for posting the video I think its great. I can't believe how many people you had there brewing.

If you all fell through the ice it would be the biggest crash chill in brewing history

What's all this talk about cold???

It is now 5:15pm and 38 C (100 F) here. I've also just heard that Perth Bureau of Meterology has made the highest forecast on record. Here's the 5 day forecast from BOM...

Thursday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 26 Max 41 (106 F)
Friday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 39 (102 F)
Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 26 Max 42 (108 F)
Sunday Very hot. Windy morning. Min 24 Max 40 (104 F)
Monday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 40 (104 F)
Tuesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 26 Max 40 (104 F)

FFS! I work on home renos, sometimes in the roof!!!

My own personal forecast is that there might be some posts from PP showing mild to strong inebriation over the next five days.

Better go and clear the kitchen bench so I've got somewhere to put the bottles


PP

PistolPatch wrote:What's all this talk about cold???

It is now 5:15pm and 38 C (100 F) here.
PP

you could brew a steam beer. by the time you finish brewing all that you are left with is steam.

LOL shib!

I bought some eggs and two cartons of milk on the way home. Will leave six eggs and one carton of milk outside so I'll be right for yoghurt and hard-boiled eggs for the next week.

Hooray!

PP I heard it was so hot down there that the trees are whistling for the dogs.

PistolPatch wrote:Thursday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 26 Max 41 (106 F)
Friday Very hot. Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 39 (102 F)
Saturday Very hot. Sunny. Min 26 Max 42 (108 F)
Sunday Very hot. Windy morning. Min 24 Max 40 (104 F)
Monday Very hot. Sunny. Min 23 Max 40 (104 F)
Tuesday Very hot. Sunny. Min 26 Max 40 (104 F)

I feel for you guys. Ill take to cold over to hot. You can only take off so many cloths and still be to hot... wait, maybe thats a good thing

I'm just waiting for the "My lid blew off my fermenter when it reached 38C, and this beer doesn't taste so good" posts on another forum

There is a reason us aussies are nuts about fermenting in fridges

After reading 2trout's post I thought I'd post this naked with the webcam on. Enjoy .

Last three days have been 38 / 41 / 42. Next two days' forecast is 41 /42.

I've lucked out enormously. Public holiday here today (Australia Day) so no work. Yesterday and tomorrow I worked/will be working on some things in an air-conditioned office. This never happens.

PistolPatch wrote:After reading 2trout's post I thought I'd post this naked with the webcam on. Enjoy .

What? No pictures? Chicken! Got to go. Brewing a "Black IPA" Drinking a "Bavarian Helles" Things are getting fuzzy already and I haven't done the boil yet! Oh no! another beer wasted because I was!

PistolPatch wrote:After reading 2trout's post I thought I'd post this naked with the webcam on. Enjoy .

Last three days have been 38 / 41 / 42. Next two days' forecast is 41 /42.

I've lucked out enormously. Public holiday here today (Australia Day) so no work. Yesterday and tomorrow I worked/will be working on some things in an air-conditioned office. This never happens.

Yep, it was a fun couple of days here in Perth, thats for sure, too hot to go outside and definitely too hot to get in the shed and do some brewing (which sux cause it was a long weekend) There was no beer made and a lot drunk at my house, lets just hope them kegs hold out till its cool enough to put on another batch.

I brewed yesterday and it was -12 C (10 F). I was complaining how cold it was but at least I could brew beer! I guess I was "lucky"? My N/C (No Chill) cube heated my house and gave back some of the energy that I put in during the boil? Hey you know, maybe I am lucky to live in the North. It just doesn't seem that way in winter?

I think I'll go to Aces place next time it gets hot or maybe Bob's