AG: how long is your normal brew session (milling grain to fermenter)???

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How many hours is your typical brew day? All Grain only.

  • <3 hours

  • 3-3.5 hours

  • 3.5-4 hours

  • 4-4.5 hours

  • 4.5-5 hours

  • 5-5.5 hours

  • 5.5-6 hours

  • >6 hours!


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My biggest slowdown is the extra 45 mins-hour I need to boil in order to get down to volume. Slow boiling 6.5 gallons in a 7 gallon pot takes a bit of extra time. Theoretically, I could use a good bit of extra grain to cut down on my boiling time, but grain is 'spensive while electricity and time is cheap.
 
I'm right at the 3.5 hour mark now, but it used to take more like 8 or 9 hours. At one time, that was fine (I was in college and had a lot of time on my hands), but now, not so much!

Almost every upgrade I've done in the last couple years has been aimed at cutting the brew day down, as much as possible, to just the "brew" part.
 
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