2 hour 31 minute brew day.

[dfc]

Just to show how quickly you can do a brew day I documented my time from adding water to my pot until cleanup was over. Granted, this was a very simple extract kit, but I completed everything in 2 1/2 hours.

This is a partial boil 5 gal DME kit w/ one hop addition and no steeping grains.

3:08 - Begin heating water.
3:51 - 3 lbs. wheat DME and hops added and boil begins. I could have shortened this time if I used my propane burner from the beginning. I however started warming the water on my stove top. This was out of habit since I usually steep on the stove top.
4:41 - Pull wort off of burner and add remaining 3 lbs. wheat DME
4:46 - Wort begins boiling again.
4:56 - Boil over.
5:39 - After cooling my wort, pitching yeast and cleaning up the brew day is over.

 

[topend]

That's pretty fast. Well done!

 

[dale1038]

Nice work. I did a 15 minute boil amarillo pale ale that turned out nice in an hour and 15 minutes. Start to cleanup. The idea came from an online source and I would recommend anyone give it a try if you're itching to brew and don't think you have the time. The basic idea is to quadruple the hops because of the shortened boil time.

 

[Irishpenguin13]

Dang. Im pretty used to 8 hour all grain days if not more. Most of it is b.s'ing and drinking though.

 

[dfc]

I normally take about 4-5 hours because I usually have steeping grains and am not in a rush. Not that I had anything to do today, but I wanted to see how quickly I could do this without cutting corners.

I figured it would be a cool thing to explain to new brewers.

 

[dfc]

Nice work. I did a 15 minute boil amarillo pale ale that turned out nice in an hour and 15 minutes. Start to cleanup. The idea came from an online source and I would recommend anyone give it a try if you're itching to brew and don't think you have the time. The basic idea is to quadruple the hops because of the shortened boil time.

That's awesome.

 

[camus]

I found the later in day I start the longer it takes.

 

[unionrdr]

I found that the smoker I drink,the player I get. Then I gotta remember what stage I was at with the BK. Then stagger into comp room with half full BK to dump it in the FV. Brrraaack,tripstumblestagger. Doooh!

 

[Burgs]

I found that the smoker I drink,the player I get. Then I gotta remember what stage I was at with the BK. Then stagger into comp room with half full BK to dump it in the FV. Brrraaack,tripstumblestagger. Doooh!

yeeea buddy. i seriously need to get like a dowel rod and make gallon markings for my next brew day, cause in between homebrews and safety meetings and whatnot, i can't ever remember if i'm on the 4th or 5th 1 gallon water jug getting emptied into the kettle...

also can't wait for the first time my drunk ass drops the 5 gallon bucket of hot chiller output water that i'm trying to run down the stairs with to throw in the washing machine... herp derp

 

[unionrdr]

Well,at least my sweat pants smelled good for a while...Just a lil splash. Good thing it wasn't hot! Doooh!

 

[osagedr]

My 2009 brew day with Festa Brew kit: 9:00 am pour wort into fermenter. 9:01 am add yeast.

Now with AG it takes just a bit longer...