What is the the favorite part of your brew day?

[Mongrel]

The smell as the first runnings mix with the first wort hops.

 

[ErieShores]

Lately, simply finding time for myself to brew is my favorite. Kids are great but I appreciate them more when I have time to myself.

 

[Snicks]

My vote goes to the sudden burst of hop aroma when you toss them in the boil.

 

[Dan]

Thank you for all the responses. I'm the OP and said everything will be fine if i achieve a good cold break. It was the first thought in my head, at the time. You have all reminded me brew days are full of favorite events. Doughing in, the sweet smell of the grain mashing, the smell of propane burning as it brings the HLT and wort up to temps, hop additions mmm.. hitting the numbers predicted is always a great feeling of accomplishment. I guess I like everything about the brew day. Cleaning, I rinse stuff good after the brew day but deep clean and sanitize the next day or two.

 

[C-Rider]

When I'm all "pau". (Hawaiian for finished) All the mess cleaned and stuff put away. Then I can relax and have a home brew!

 

[petey_c]

Of course they don't give a damn about me as long as I feed them. So it's just like having a cat. A lot of cats. Tiny, tiny cats who pee all over the place and you don't mind.[/QUOTE]

Nice analogy....

jkaylor, When I saw your dolphins, I thought of making a swamp cooler like a reactor vessel. Using "control rods" of different temp water to heat or cool the water. Sorry, I'm working mids....

 

[Dogphish]

i have a 3 tier, gravity fed, all grain rack. my favorite part is fly sparging ...filling the boil pot with the first runnings of mash while is simultaneously filling the mash tun with hot sparge water.

 

[dcHokie]

My two favorite parts of the brewday:

doughing in - that warm bready aroma that rises up as you stir your mash and the first moment when you get a sense of the beer you are about to create

after aeration - seeing the wort with that huge foamy head and knowing that my part is done and that I've given the yeast a great environment to start their job

 

[crummycook]

The Whole Day!!! SWMBO and the 3 Princesses are out of the house, and, I'm building a new batch and enjoying the labors of past batches. The Man is in his element!

 

[unionrdr]

A manly thing, a manly time,brewing & drinking manly beers! R R R R!!! (grunt freely here)

 

[phillyhomebrew]

The beginning while sitting at the computer in front of BeerSmith and composing a new recipe.

 

[wobrien]

The smell created by taking that bucket of freshly ground grain and mixing it with the strike water.

+1 The smell of doughing in is definitely my favorite part!

 

[redsox1]

after the first pull of my decoction mash begins to boil, it is that smell that i am very much in love with.

 

[binkman]

The smell of fresh ground malted barkey. Yum.

Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

 

[diegobonatto]

I love pitching the yeast. I get kind of sentimental about it, because I made this nice home for them and they're going to live out their lives and die there because I chose them.

This is my favorite part of brewing day also! When the wort is good, and the yeasts receive all of our attention and careful, BILLIONS of living cells demonstrated their respect for the brewmaster and happily make BEER.

 

[turkeyjerky214]

I love every aspect of it (aside from final cleanup), but my absolute favorite is when I open up the mash tun after 60 minutes, see all the steam rise out, and smell that incredible aroma.

 

[BrewingRugger]

My favorite is the smell when you open your mash tun after a 60 min mash, and the smell of the hops.