How long for you to brew?

[dwhite60]

Read a lot about brewing taking a whole day out of the weekend.

I made a stout yesterday, 2.5 gallons. 90 minute mash. 70 minute boil. Sparge took maybe 30 minutes. Boiled this up in the kitchen, on the stove.

Mashed in at 1030am and was cleaned up by 3pm.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[acarter5251]

I made a RIS, 1.5 gallons over the weekend with a 90 minute mash and 60 minute boil. I started around 9 AM and was done and cleaned up around 12:30.

 

[Psylocide]

2.5-3 hrs from dragging the crap out to putting it all away.

30 min mash, 60 min boil, no chill.

 

[TheHappyHopper]

From start to having everything cleaned up, I average about 4 to 4.5 hours. I also bottle during that time, so that helps me save some time by multitasking.

 

[atom]

i seem to average 5 hours start to finish for 5 gallons, add an hour if i'm doing a 10 gallon batch.

 

[bragona71]

Started at 9:30 am this morning its now 2(west coast) and im ready to pitch, most of the cleaning is done while kettle is boiling (90 min)

 

[unionrdr]

It usually takes my old bumm all day...Uncle Joe's movin' kinda slow.

 

[aprichman]

Probably around 5-6 hours. I use an ice bath to chill 2.5 gallons of wort which takes forever - can't wait to get an immersion cooler to speed the process up.

 

[SirSpectre]

Last all grain brew took me about 4.5 hours from getting all my crap out, to clean up. Extracts usually take about 2 hours.

 

[petey_c]

Mini mashes. About three to four hours from breaking it out to stowing it.

 

[d3track]

Did an APA yesterday, 4.5 hours from pulling the first thing out to putting away the cleaned kettle.

 

[Iseneye]

About 5-6 hours from start to wort sitting in fermenter with yeast. My burner is crap so takes a while to heat to strike temperature and bring to boil. Waiting for my new burner...

 

[Yooper]

I brew 10 gallon batches, and it's generally 4-5 hours from the time I mash in to when everything is cleaned and put away.

Most of that time is "hands off", though. As I mash in and wait. Start the sparge and wait. Start the boil and wait.

 

[Murph2002]

I usually start between 8-9 am, 60-90 minute mash, 45-60 minute sparge, 60-90 minute boil, plus cleanup. I'm done between 2-3 pm usually.

 

[1977Brewer]

I cannot brew uninterrupted, despite my constant insistence that I will never be able to repeat any part of this process if it continues to happen. It's taken 4 hours, it's taken 12. The 4 hour beer won a ribbon. The 12 hour beer was also great.

 

[AK7007]

Super random. I've done no-chill overnight hop stands with extract where I only did a 15min boil and been done in under an hour. I've done 10 gallon Triple IPAs with a step mash that ended in a super stuck sparge, 90 min boil, 212 and 180F hop stands, and same day pitching - looking at like 9 hours.

Typical IPA day means 4-5 hrs.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

Around 4.5 - 5 hours for most 5 gal brews. About 30-40 minutes of that is waiting for my stove top to get 7 gallons of wort boiling. I usually do 60 min mash (90-ish if it's a step mash), 30 min sparge and 75-90 min boil.

 

[Kharnynb]

3.5-5 hours, depending how the stove feels that day.......

 

[andy6026]

Around 5 hours for my typical 5-gallon batch. Most of the time is spent waiting, as Yooper says, but it's the clean up at the end that I find really tiring. I've since learned not to make evening plans if I brew during the day because I feel too tired and brain-dead to be of any social value.

Several times I've tried brewing 2 batches somewhat simultaneously (one is mashing while the other is boiling) and it only takes about an hour longer, but there's very little wait time - I'm constantly doing "something". There are some really good advantages - you get 2 batches in little more time than it takes to do one batch, you do only one clean up for two batches, you only take things out and put them away once, etc. However, I did find that I really needed an assistant who has a few batches under their belt to make it work - especially if you have to do things like rehydrate yeast indoors while outside there's 2 other processes going on at the same time.

 

[Opiate42]

Super random.

Same.

Have a habit of not measuring out any of my grains or preparing anything until I'm pretty much ready to start. Some days 4 hours, some days 6.

Also depends on how curiously frustrating the cats want to be that day.

 

[bbohanon]

right around 5 hours from start to closing up the brew shed. Sometimes its 6 if I have folks over and am shooting the bull with them. I never rush brew day and take my time. Its the process I enjoy so I dont watch the clock.

 

[giraffe]

Usually 7-11 hours. I do decoction mashing, and I am usually drinking and hanging out, im not usually looking for things to take less time. I usually start around 2pm on a weekday (I have a job in academia with flexible hours).

 

[Firewalker11]

6 hours total for a 5 gallon batch. Yeast starter the day before takes 30 minutes, get it on the stir plate etc. Brew day is 5 plus hours from grabbing the recipe to the drying of the last pot.

 

[ChucknBeer]

I boil all my water volume the night before, usually on Friday. I'm still adjusting my brewing process but last time it took me 6 hours from mashing to closing the lid of the fermenter and cleaning up.

Cleaning is the worst part, I don't have a large sink so the pots have to be scrubbed in the weirdest positions

 

[MagicMatt]

Read a lot about brewing taking a whole day out of the weekend.
...
Mashed in at 1030am and was cleaned up by 3pm.

So it sounds like you agree that it takes the better part of a day? I thought you were disagreeing for a second there. I guess you're wondering how people do it in less time?

I boil all my water volume the night before, usually on Friday.

Maybe I'm missing something, but.....why? That seems like a complete waste of time. Unless you mean you keep it at mash temps all night so you don't have to heat the strike water in the morning? But again.....why?

Cleaning is the worst part, I don't have a large sink so the pots have to be scrubbed in the weirdest positions

Here's a tip: take it outside and use a hose

 

[MagicMatt]

Forgot to give my time! I average about 5 hours from the time I step into my garage until everything is cleaned and the yeast is pitched (for a 5.5 gallon batch, 60 minute mash & boil).

When I first started trying to utilize my time more efficiently I created this little number:

 

[muels]

5 hours for 11.5 g, 6.5-7 for back to 11.5(23g). Sometimes a little less sometimes a little more


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[whoaru99]

All-grain 5 gal batches, 5 hours give or take, starting from first setup of equipment to everything cleaned and put away. Don't have a dedicated brewing space so every batch is drag it out, set it up, brew, clean it, put it away.

 

[ChucknBeer]

The water in my city is too hard! Ranging from 250 to 600 in some places.

The idea is to lower its hardness a bit (half by boiling) and help in eliminating any chlorine residue (I filter it with charcoal anyway).

Hose and pots is a good idea, but my wife is not too fond of sugar residues calling for ants... those little devils like to invade my house :/

 

[govner1]

A 6 gal AG batch w/ 60 min mash & boil takes me about 4 hours from start through chill & cleanup.