What do you do during a 90 minute boil?

[greencoat]

All but the SWMBO bit. Throw a slab on vinyl on the turntable, turn on the PS3, and dread the hour-plus or so it's going to take to chill that brewpot down in the sink. And of course RDWHAHB.

 

[bob1852]

Masturbate, what the heck else am I going to do? That's more than enough time to rub one out, recover and rub out another before I need to start sanitizing the wort chiller.

note to self - never use McKBrew's wort chiller....

 

[MattHollingsworth]

No option for clean? I mostly clean and do other brewing stuff. Weigh out hops. Clean the mash tun etc etc.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

I'm boring, I clean and hang out here.

 

[Edcculus]

Clean and prep

 

[Homercidal]

Play with Beersmith and prep for the next steps, and clean up the stuff that is already dirty of course.

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

I really dont do any of those (of course I contemplate how much better my rig could be). Mostly I brew with my buddies and we just chill around the boil, adding hops when necessary, drinking beer and just enjoying the morning/day/night/ whatever it may be. Do a little prep if its needed, clean anything that needs to be cleaned. But nothing really else, when brewing the SWMBO knows its brew time, not chore time

 

[ibbones]

Another non drinker during the brew session. I just sit outside in the Texas heat and watch the pot boil. I also just do a 60 minute boil so it's not as long. The second hop addition is 45 minutes later so it's really not that long. I do get the fermentor ready.

 

[MMW]

90 minute boil isn't nearly as dull as a 90 minute mash.

Both are excellent opportunities for a cigar and fetch with the dog.

 

[TeufelBrew]

Clean, baby, clean! I'm down to a 4.5 to 5 hr brew day for 5 gallon batch. I also use brew day to clean any other equipment, like kegs and I usually re-clean and sanitize the fermentor I will be using.

Also a non-drinker until the chiller is running. Shot myself with the Dumb Dart too damned many times sippin suds earlier in the brewing process.

Have a new Eee PC now, so I can do the mobil thing and have my netbook running while I brew. Now I can enter my info in Promash realtime and hang around here on brewdays.

 

[david_42]

Most brew days, I've got Bertha smoking; so there's plenty to do.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I usually clean up my mash tun and my HLT, and get my carboys drained near the end of the boil. I feel like when things are clean, I'm less stressed and more organized for the critical part of the day. AND, I only have one more thing to clean after the wort has been chilled and racked. Makes for a shorter brew day, and keeps me from getting too trashed!

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Have a banana.

 

[Urban]

Regardless of whether its a 60 minute or 90 minute boil I clean out the MLT, put the HLT away, watch for boil overs, catch up on any brew day notes, and read a book.

 

[justbrewit]

Get my fermenter ready, drink, stare at mlt and think about dumping the grains later, think of improvements for my rig, rig up some thing new I just thought of and use it, forget that I'm boiling and remember just in time to add hops that should have been in 15 mins ago, boil my batch down to 4 gallons and say to hell with it and ferment that. Yeah, that about sums up a typical boil

 

[Denny]

Vacuum, do laundry, clean the house.....

 

[JOHN51277]

Smoke a cigar, have a drink, have another drink, and maybe enjoy 2-3 more drinks while figuring out what cigar I will smoke next!

 

[Catch-22]

I spent last night trying to unclog a sink.

 

[TommyBoy]

1.) Clean up HLT, MT, etc.
2.) Take care of hops additions
3.) Sanitize
4.) Assemble CFC and Ferminator
5.) Drink a beer with buddy during everything else.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

clean mash tun, HLT, put away gear from mashing, sanitize chilling loop, fermenters, transfer equipment, clean down brew area, drink a beer, then relax for 10 minutes before chilling and putting away fermenters.

 

[HenryHill]

I get everything weighed, marked, organized, and ready for brewing beforehand. While boiling I don't stray to far, and try not to get involved in things in which I might be late getting back to add hops.

But the Poll is strangely deficient of common choices...I drink, drink, and brew. Where's that?

 

[Coastarine]

Clean and put away everything I am done with, make sure I have a fermenter with sanitizer in it standing by, circulate sanitizer through CFC, and, as with the rest of the brewday, chat on HBT chat.

 

[Gasperus]

Cos I borrow catle for boiling my wort, I am doing brew days. Two mashes, three beers, seven to eight hours. Total is 17 gallons of beer. First three hours is just nutttttsssss..... Mashing, sparging, cleaning , measuring, rethinking.... After that its just boiling Today I went on a walk with dogs, made launch, drank a few bottles,forgot to add hops,.....and read what to do while 90 minute boil. Btw, just doing 50 minute boils

 

[kh54s10]

I have only done a couple of brews that went longer than 60 minutes. After I finish cleaning up and prepping for the fermenter, I spend time surfing HBT.

 

[italarican]

I name most of my batches after references to Arrested Development or Saved by the Bell, so I'm typically watching episodes of one of those while homebrewing. I also keep my brewing notes up to date, clean equipment, review next steps, etc.