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Originally Posted by BetterSense
Although I do see your point that I will still have to boil for an hour and cool for an hour (because I have no chiller). I should really go partial boil or no-chill to save even more time.
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If you say money is not the issue then why not buy a wort chiller? With the colder weather I get my wort from boiling to 68 degrees in 11 minutes or less, though I gently stir the wort while cooling with the chiller itself.
I am now doing all grain and outside of multi-step and decoction mashes I am find a single infusion mash is only taking me about 30-45 minutes more than when I did extract, however that is partly due to the fact that I always steeped some specialty grain for 30 minutes in all my extract brews. If I didn't do that than I would say a simple single infusion AG batch takes me about an hour to 90 minutes more, really not that much more time.
With extract I found I had a lot more cleanup to do. I never poured from the bags as the steam instantly clogs them up so I use two 1G Rubbermaid pitchers to put the DME in and pour with. Then I also have to whisk it in, etc. There are just more items to clean later, so while it might appear to be significantly faster than an AG brew it really isn't all that much faster. At least not for me it isn't.
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