Raining during boil

[Josh Hughes]

Efficiency aside if some rain water gets into my kettle while boiling will if hurt anything?

 

[jschein]

Nope you should be good, I haven’t ever had a problem.

 

[Minbari]

Efficiency aside if some rain water gets into my kettle while boiling will if hurt anything?

It's boiling.........

It's shouldn't effect flavor. If you get allot, boil longer

 

[Josh Hughes]

 

[Josh Hughes]

Thanks for the replies. I’ll relax

 

[GFHomebrew]

Singing in the rain your boiling in the rain it's a wonderful day to be brewing again!

 

[Donoroto]

I guess it depends on how toxic your rainwater is.

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

boil it, hop it, ferment it, drink it.........

 

[GFHomebrew]

boil it, hop it, ferment it, drink it.........

@Sunfire96 has a similar catch phrase I'm sure she done up some T shirts too?

 

[Zambi]

@Sunfire96 has a similar catch phrase I'm sure she done up some T shirts too?

Yeah, somethink like "boiling, hopping, drinking" or so
She has been quite quiet recently....

 

[Craigerrr]

In the 80's there was a lot of concern over acid rain. In your case, maybe it will affect your pH!
I'm sure it won't

 

[Sandy Feet]

My first car was driven down from the Adironacks
It had a "Stop Acid Rain" bumper sticker. Lol. I wouldn't have an issue brewing under my canopy in a light rain. Transferring to the faucet where the wort chiller is might be an issue. That is why I get up early to brew. We can get some nasty thunderstorms during the afternoon in the summer.

 

[Daniel Parshley]

I keep my wort under an porch awning, and here is why. I noticed my humming bird feeders out in the open when bad quickly. Ambient yeast just flat ate them up and turned them cloudy very quickly. I remounted them under the porch eves around 2 feet and they stay clear for weeks, and the humming birds don't seem to mind much at all.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Hmmm… @Daniel Parshley thats interesting

 

[RoadRoach]

My first car was driven down from the Adironacks
It had a "Stop Acid Rain" bumper sticker. Lol. I wouldn't have an issue brewing under my canopy in a light rain. Transferring to the faucet where the wort chiller is might be an issue. That is why I get up early to brew. We can get some nasty thunderstorms during the afternoon in the summer.

Gotta love that Gulf Coast weather. If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes, it'll change.

 

[Sandy Feet]

Gotta love that Gulf Coast weather. If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes, it'll change.

We are between both coasts. When it gets hot in the summer, the two seabreezes collide inland and make for some crazy storms in the afternoon. The lightning has taken out appliances and ACs in the past. It hasn't been too bad this week , but they get wild sometimes.
I actually had to do a double take tonight as I came outside, sat down, did not sweat my ass off in two minutes, and actually have a nice breeze.

 

[Hogman Brewer]

Efficiency aside if some rain water gets into my kettle while boiling will if hurt anything?

The only problem I can see is that it might give your beer a smoky flavor.

(I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist this comment considering what has been going on with all the Canadian fires this year.)

 

[Josh Hughes]

The only problem I can see is that it might give your beer a smoky flavor.

(I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist this comment considering what has been going on with all the Canadian fires this year.)

I grilled last year close to my Marzen brewing. Didn’t help haha

 

[Mont Y. Märzen]

Rain? I've brewed during a hurricane and 2 tropical storms. (the weather was milder than it sounds to be fair) You've got nothing to worry about. Just be sure to cover the kettle *after* the boil for sure if it is still raining.