So I wanted to brew after work last night, and I didn't get time. Between putting my new mash tun together and going to the brewstore, I didn't get home till 7:30pm and didn't think I'd get done until midnight. Glad I didn't.
I got home around 6pm, changed and checked my personal email and such, didn't start heating mash water till 6:45pm. Ordered a pizza because my friend was coming over to watch me brew (and taste some samples from previous batches), didn't get mashing until about 7:20.
Here it is MIDNIGHT and I just got done pitching yeast and washing up the kettle and the siphon and such. My kitchen is STILL a mess, I have to go to work tomorrow.
Damn, I thought this was gonna be easy. Almost 5.5 hours to do an AG batch from water heating time to cleanup.
Should have just done a 10 gallon batch, would have taken the same amount of time as my 3.75 gallon batch.
On a good note, brewsmith is set up for 70% efficiency...and I went over. I don't know how much over, but for a hobbled together cooler and toilet hose braid...I don't think I did to darn bad. This was my first attempt at brewing alone (usually I have my brew partner handy to do 50% of the work...this time I had a newbie who asked questions and drank my beer.
Note to self: If you're gonna brew after work...start heating mash water DIRECTLY upon entering the house.
I got home around 6pm, changed and checked my personal email and such, didn't start heating mash water till 6:45pm. Ordered a pizza because my friend was coming over to watch me brew (and taste some samples from previous batches), didn't get mashing until about 7:20.
Here it is MIDNIGHT and I just got done pitching yeast and washing up the kettle and the siphon and such. My kitchen is STILL a mess, I have to go to work tomorrow.
Damn, I thought this was gonna be easy. Almost 5.5 hours to do an AG batch from water heating time to cleanup.
Should have just done a 10 gallon batch, would have taken the same amount of time as my 3.75 gallon batch.
On a good note, brewsmith is set up for 70% efficiency...and I went over. I don't know how much over, but for a hobbled together cooler and toilet hose braid...I don't think I did to darn bad. This was my first attempt at brewing alone (usually I have my brew partner handy to do 50% of the work...this time I had a newbie who asked questions and drank my beer.
Note to self: If you're gonna brew after work...start heating mash water DIRECTLY upon entering the house.