I realize it has been a long while since I've posted here to Noble Square Brewing dot blogspot dot com, so I wanted to throw at least something up to avoid having the website go the way of the dodo or myspace. Now it's more like the coelacanth, you thought it was extinct, but no, it's back.
The above is a photo of my HLT (a.k.a. Hot Liquor Tank, a.k.a. the keg in which I heat up my mash and sparge water). I finally got a hold of some bubble insulation, cut it to size, and duct taped it together, forming a tight jacket around the HLT. It looks so shiny! I have used it to brew since (hopefully more posts about that to come), and I have to say, it was an easy way to get the water hotter faster. (Water hotter faster--say that 3 times fast, wait I just did, it's not that difficult). The HLT is pictured upside down for storage, I don't brew with it that way, you big dummy Lamont.
Anyway, if any of you other homebrewers out there heat your water electrically, I suggest you insulate. You'll heat your water faster, using less electricity, saving time, money, and the unicorns. I don't know if this will work for gas heated HLTs, the insulation could melt. Time to look up if I spelled coelacanth correctly.
