Early Morning Brews

[estricklin]

My starter is looking good, plan to start about 6 or 7 in the morning on a nice IPA using warrior and simcoe.

 

[reuliss]

My starter is looking good, plan to start about 6 or 7 in the morning on a nice IPA using warrior and simcoe.

sounds tasty! I'm at it now myself. Rye IPA with Carastan, chinook, Simcoe, and Cascade. Yum!!

 

[RLinNH]

I should of lit the Burner at 0500 when I woke up. I puttered around and didn't light it until 0520. So am now waiting on my Strike water to heat up to 165. Good news is I found some Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network...

 

[ColdToes]

Pre-dawn is the only way for me. There is no hurry you have all day!

 

[Munchman]

If I spend the heart of the day brewing and not doing something with the kids. Kids have no interest in helping dad with brewing either unfortunately...

Why would she give you grief?

 

[estricklin]

sounds tasty! I'm at it now myself. Rye IPA with Carastan, chinook, Simcoe, and Cascade. Yum!!

That sounds hoptastic.

Ya I always dick around weighing grain and stuff, when what I should be doing is getting the strike water going.

 

[TheJasonT]

Man you guys are up and at 'em! I thought that coffee made by 7:45, strike water heating by 8:15, and mashed in by 9am was early but noooooooo! Damn! You guys rock!!!

 

[flipfloptan]

Early morning for me. set equipment up night before. Set coffee timer for 5.

Fresh cup of Major dickinson coffee in hand, turn on burner. Doughing in by 5:30.

 

[TheJasonT]

Ugh I should have had more coffee. Just now whirlpooling on batch 2 today. Took a three hour break in between trying to wait on my partner. Didn't start batch two until 4:40 and I had a MASSIVE stuck sparge.

 

[VonAle]

Early morning for me. set equipment up night before. Set coffee timer for 5.

Fresh cup of Major dickinson coffee in hand, turn on burner. Doughing in by 5:30.

Only way to brew and avoid the wind. I can't remember last time it was daylight when I brewed. I usually dough in at about 4am. Best part of the day sometimes. Specialy here in Az.

 

[tally350z]

I've got about 30 minutes till I get off work and get home to brew a hefe. Anyone brewing this morning?

 

[RLinNH]

Morning Tally. Brewing my house beer, a Smcoe Sevada tis morning. Just ;lit the HLT

 

[reuliss]

Morning Tally. Brewing my house beer, a Smcoe Sevada tis morning. Just ;lit the HLT

Sounds tasty. Cheers and Enjoy!

 

[Glynn]

Early morning brewing is the way to go. I usually got my mash going by 7-730

 

[JonM]

Tomorrow morning for me. Planning on having the burner lit by no later than 4:30. If all goes well, I should have everything done and put away by 10:00 at the latest.

 

[Hello]

My old lazy ass couldn't get going soon enough but thinking if I start around 10 am it will be a huge improvement to when I started my first 3 batches between 4 and 6 pm. I'm hoping to get two batches in (extract). The next time I brew I'm thinking I won't go out the night before and be a ******* so that I can start earlier.

 

[Clef051]

yesterday I started around 9. I use to start earlier, that is pretty good for me usually I end up starting around noon.

 

[mrkrausen]

I love morning brewing. I usually get started at 7 and am cleaning up by noon. It seems so much more relaxing than mid day brewing. It's kind of like going to the gym before work or starting your day. It seems to make the rest of the day a whole lot better. I'm on vacation right now so I'm planning a brew on Monday. I may try to get a little earlier start.

 

[JonM]

5:35 am - mash is on at the correct temp and ph, and the sparge water temp is slowly climbing up. Sitting here sipping on coffee and listening to the ducks in the pond across the street because there is no other noise anywhere.

 

[uphillbrewer]

Started at 5 am, mash is 10 min from done. Cooking breakfast for the kids and waiting for the sun to come up. No beers for this brew session!

 

[LouHale80]

Early morning for me. set equipment up night before. Set coffee timer for 5.

Fresh cup of Major dickinson coffee in hand, turn on burner. Doughing in by 5:30.

MY coffee is set for 5:15 everyday, I am just a morning person.

That being said, I can never seem to brew before mid/later afternoon. It's the only time my brew partner and I can seem to get together. I would love to start brewing early in the morning but my kids are light sleepers all it takes is me getting a cup of coffee most days to wake them up so they can start fighting with eachother earlier.

 

[Jaybird]

Ohhhhh yeah! When I was brewing a lot I would have the system ready to go the night before. Water in the HLT grain in the MLT then I would get up at 4 AM. Turn on the system and go back to bed for 45 min while the E HLT would get to temp...Jump up go mash in fill HLT with sparge water, stir mash and ....yep....head back to bed for another 45 min...yeah I would be ready to sparge at about 6AM and felt like I got a full nights sleep. Its was funny because while I would go back to bed I would always dream of the brew session....


Cheers
Jay

 

[tracyk]

Yeah, I usually have the strike water going by 5:00 am and mashing in by 6:00 am, then all rapped up by 10:00 or 11:00 am. Have the strike water automatically turn on by 5:00 and heat up while I am still sleeping. Then up by 6:00 to mash in and make coffee. Get a few chores done while it is mashing in and then it is off to the burner to boil for either an hour or an hour and a half depending on what I am brewing.

 

[finsfan]

Dang, I thought I got up early to brew. I was up at 7:30 yesterday heaitng stirke water and yeast pitched around noon. Its so nice to have the rest of the day to do whatever else I wish, although what is really left once brewing is done?

 

[BlackRock]

I just finished another early morning brew yesterday, 5gal of Candy Caramel Amber. I've been starting my brews earlier and earlier lately. It seems to make the footprint of brew day smaller which keeps my wife happy. I set up at night, clean the kitchen and prep my strike water for the morning. Wake up and kick on the stove and coffee pot.

I've pretty much dialed the beer day into about 4hrs though yesterday I mashed for 90 and boiled for 90 and finished in 5hrs. I have two toddlers so unfortunately they hear "dad" and get up early, but if I'm lucky I have 45min to an hour to myself...

 

[bumstigedy]

I'm an early morning brewer too! I usually get going around 5:30 am to 6:00 am. It gives me some time to get going before the kids wake up and I'm done by mid afternoon and still have time to do stuff with my family.

 

[uphillbrewer]

I just finished another early morning brew yesterday, 5gal of Candy Caramel Amber. I've been starting my brews earlier and earlier lately. It seems to make the footprint of brew day smaller which keeps my wife happy. I set up at night, clean the kitchen and prep my strike water for the morning. Wake up and kick on the stove and coffee pot. I've pretty much dialed the beer day into about 4hrs though yesterday I mashed for 90 and boiled for 90 and finished in 5hrs. I have two toddlers so unfortunately they hear "dad" and get up early, but if I'm lucky I have 45min to an hour to myself...

+1
I call it "Domestic tranquility "

 

[Melana]

+1
I call it "Domestic tranquility "

Something to be said for that!

 

[Brewsncrabs]

The burner sounds so cool at 6am in the quiet garage! What do the English crystal malts offer that you're so much?

 

[Brewsncrabs]

The burner sounds so cool at 6am in the quiet garage! What do the English crystal malts offer that you're so much?

Darn phones. What do English crystal malts offer that you like so much?