What time of day do you brew?

[Bulls Beers]

8 or 9 for me, Unless I tipped a few the night before. Then it's usually 10ish..It's so fun brewing when your a little under the weather..

 

[JonW]

OK, this might look a bit anal, but I did it a few weeks back before doing a double brew day.

Yeah, two 10G batches was a long day!

 

[HerotBrewer]

I like to start first thing in the morning around 7am so that i can have breakfast while water is heating and grains are steeping. and I can be done by noon with the rest of the day to relax. how bout you guys what time do you start?

I'm still a poor peasant brewing extract batches. Usually start around 1pm. Since I work nights, if I have a brew day scheduled for the pipeline and need to be at work that evening, I start @ 6AM, much to the chagrin of my daughter who likes to help (Father-Daughter bonding) but doesn't like getting up that early. Though props to her she has gotten up every time.

 

[johnnybob]

I brew alone, so very early, usually around 5 A.M. It works best for me. I'm finished and cleaned up, usually by 11:00

 

[marcycaulkins]

6 pm. Or thereabouts. I usually brew on a weeknight when I don't have to be in the office early the next day, so I crush my grains and measure my strike water the night before. When I get home, with my 3 year old in tow, I start the strike water, and have time to get her some dinner before mashing in, then most of the work lands after she has gone to bed!

 

[slinky0390]

I always say I'm gonna brew early but that never happens. My last batch, I wound up waking up late, going to the gym, forgetting that I needed to pick something up from the home brew shop, next thing I know, I'm brewing at 3pm and cleaning out my equipment with the hose outside at 7pm and the water is freezing all over the place since its so damn cold out here in NJ.. Cannot wait till summer, or smaller batches I can do inside.

 

[Tsuyako]

I usually start around 12 or 1 pm as I like my sleep. That would have me done by 4 or 5 finishing up the brew with dinner. I don't tend to drink while I brew and that seems to help get things done faster.

 

[Homebrewtastic]

When I can I prefer to start my brewday at around 10AM. But with a SWMBO and a 3 year old I typically can't start heating my water until 8:00PM just before he goes to bed. Which sucks because I'm typically not done until 1:00AM

 

[petey_c]

I like to start right after my daughter gets on the bus for school (0630). SWIMBO sleeps later, so I try and be as quiet as possible. I work a rotating shift and have a side business so it's usually never the same day of the week. I prefer weekdays though.

 

[mobly99]

I always seem to plan to start by noon and then really start around 5 or 6pm.

Today was a good day, I started by 3pm.

 

[smokinghole]

Wow looking at your brew times makes me realize that I need to get a different burner. My water heating and waiting to get to a boil takes FOREVER! If I get up at 7 and get all my stuff out by 7:30 I'll have water in and heating easily by 8. However my wife does her best to gum up any and all plans I make. So my brew days are constantly having wrenches thrown in the gears. I figure if I start getting stuff out at 7ish AM I am cleaning and putting everything away at 4pm. Sure I relax a bit after transferring out of the boil kettle but damn you guys are fast compared to me!

 

[ksbrain]

I like to start by 8 or 9. I plan for 6 hours to brew two beers, mix one apfelwein, and keg two beers and keg an apfelwein. If I'm brewing alone, it's non-stop the whole time. Nine to three gets me done in time to be a productive father for the rest of the afternoon. I got three kids and one more on the way, so I have to make it quick. I usually only drink my FG hydrometer samples from the three kegged batches while I'm brewing, but that keeps me pretty loose by the time I'm done.

 

[passedpawn]

Very early. 5-ish. I like to be done when the family wakes up.

 

[dave5155]

I like midweek after work. start up around 4 or 5 o'clock. I usually finish around 11. I like it later because I like drinking while I'm brewing.

 

[passedpawn]

I like drinking while I'm brewing.

Me too, but I don't like the result.

 

[coastwx]

Moved to two 10 gal batches the last two brewdays. I start at around 10 am heating water and crushing grain. First batch is done by 3 pm-ish, the second by 6 pm. Long brewday but it's a good feeling to see 4 full carboys rolling the next day.