I push for an even quicker time frame for that.

Have most everything out and ready.
Start heating up strike water while getting everything else out.
Add water salts
Take temps of all equipment and materials to plug in beersmith.
Add water to mash tun
Stir in grain and set 45 min timer
Stir occasionally(maybe)
Start heating up sparge water
As Sparge water is heating vorlauff/recirculate mash
Drain to boil kettle and start heating that up
Dump/Stir/Vorlauff/Recirculate second bath and drain into kettle
Start boil/Set 60* min timer/add bittering hops
Clean clean clean
15 mins left in boil add whirlfloc yeast nutrient and prep chiller and late hop additions
Start chilling at 0 mins and prep fermenter and yeast and O2.
clean clean clean
Netflix and Chill
Run off 5.5 gallons and clean boil kettle put everything back up.
If everything goes smooth it should be a problem at all to be completely put up and done in about 4 hours.

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Posted by BMoney

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:34 am to s14suspense

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I push for an even quicker time frame for that.

That's pretty much me too. Most of my single brews end up taking about 3 1/2 hours from when I start until I have everything cleaned up. My last two brew days have been double brews, and I managed to knock them out in a touch over 5 hours. Being able to have the second one in the mash tun while the first one is boiling really makes it efficient.

I don't understand why it should take 6 hours for anyone to brew a single batch of beer. Other than the time it takes to heat the water and chill the wort, there's no time difference between brewing 1 gallon or 5 gallons or 10 gallons.

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Posted by BugAC

St. George

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 9/30/15 at 9:56 am to s14suspense