drtomc
Fermentationist
Hi All,
I'm planning my first AG, with BIAB, and I'll be doing it outside (which is common), and it occurred to me that putting some insulation of some sort round the pot might be beneficial for helping to maintain temperature.
The kind of thing I had in mind was maybe a sheet of foam from Clark Rubber with some velcro tabs to secure it round the pot. The velcro is important because you wouldn't want the foam on the pot while you are applying more than a very small amount of heat (with a gas burner - electric would be a different story), so you need to be able to attach and remove it easily.
Is this likely to be helpful, or is the thermal mass of the mash enough to render such messing around worthless?
T.
I'm planning my first AG, with BIAB, and I'll be doing it outside (which is common), and it occurred to me that putting some insulation of some sort round the pot might be beneficial for helping to maintain temperature.
The kind of thing I had in mind was maybe a sheet of foam from Clark Rubber with some velcro tabs to secure it round the pot. The velcro is important because you wouldn't want the foam on the pot while you are applying more than a very small amount of heat (with a gas burner - electric would be a different story), so you need to be able to attach and remove it easily.
Is this likely to be helpful, or is the thermal mass of the mash enough to render such messing around worthless?
T.