Brewing suggestion needed

Northern Brewer General
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I used to brew on a gas stove for my extract brews from Northern Brewer. I brewed in a 4 gallon pot and started with 2.5 gallons of water for my boil. Since we moved to our new home I have done about 5 beers on an electric stove. It takes about an hour to get my pot up to temp while I steep my specialty grains and what mostly concerns me is that is takes up an additional 45 minutes to get up to boiling AFTER I add my malt extracts before for my first hop addition.

I never had this ramp up issue before and have noticed my brews have been a bit different.

Any suggestions besides “Get a new burner”? My brew days are almost 4 hour stove events counting the 60 minute normal boil.

Thanks.

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Divide the water into multiple pots and use all available burners - get the water to a boil before combining it in the main kettle.

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Use a bucket heater, or build a hot stick. There are E-brewers that brew in buckets entirely with bucket heaters.

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I like the multi burner idea. It will be a hot time in the old kitchen tonight. My electricity meter will be spinning like Clark Griswold’s when he fired up those Christmas lights.

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If possible get an outdoor turkey fryer. You can sometimes find them pretty cheap on Craigslist. Plus it won’t heat your house up so much in the summer months.

  • sorry, didn’t see where it said “get a new burner”. I would highly suggest a propane burner though. I know my wife was very happy when I got out of her kitchen. :smiley:
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Yes, my wife would love that too! Different logistics may be a pain in the ass. I can close off the kitchen from the rest of the house (old house) and open the windows.

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[quote=“ebbs81”]If possible get an outdoor turkey fryer. You can sometimes find them pretty cheap on Craigslist. Plus it won’t heat your house up so much in the summer months.

  • sorry, didn’t see where it said “get a new burner”. I would highly suggest a propane burner though. I know my wife was very happy when I got out of her kitchen. :smiley: [/quote]

+1. I had the same issue as you. My brew days were SOOOO long. Got a turkey frier setup for $40 at home depot. Came with a 7gal aluminum pot. I now brew all grain (BIAB) and full boils and my brew days are MUCH shorter.

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This may not be new to you, but you can cover the wort to help it get up to temperature. Just be sure it’s uncovered while boiling.

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Yeah, I cover my pot. The pot is about 2" wider than my largest burner and is very thin metal.

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So, I did my broil with ramping up to temp in different pots. Took me 45 minutes between 3 pots to get 3 gallons up to boil. Turned my entire brew day from 4 hours to 2.5 which I’m happy about.