I am brewing up a porter right now and am curious if anyone else is doing a brew during the week. :rockin:
I used to when I was doing extract batches. Now that I'm doing all grain it takes a bit longer and is a bit more involved so I haven't done a mid-week batch yet.
RM-MN said:I've been doing my all grain BIAB. It only takes the mash time more than I spent on extract or even close to the same with steeping grains since my grains are ground pretty fine and I don't really have to mash for the full hour. I tried one on Tuesday with a 30 minute mash and I think that will be fine. About 3 1/2 hours total from starting to assemble equipment and grains from my basement to the main floor to having everything cleaned and put away in the basement again. I started BIAB to see if I would want to invest in the equipment to do the conventional mash tun/lauter/sparge and decided I liked the simplicity so much I stuck with it.
I also brewed Thursday. Turned out to be a long day as I went 12:00 to 7:00 including cleanup, but the Vanilla Bourbon Porter is perking away now. I also infused the vanilla bean in whiskey, and got my kegs (Brewing Elements) and fridge conversion kit (Birdman) in and this will my first kegging experience in over 10 years!
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