- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:34 am to s14suspense
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:34 am to s14suspense
quote:
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.
3
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:41 am to BMoney
quote:
there's no time difference between brewing 1 gallon or 5 gallons or 10 gallons.
Yep,
Our 10 gallon batch went relatively quickly too. Longest one recently was that damn stout. So much grain and oats that it was a VERY slow runoff.
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:51 am to BMoney
quote:
I don't understand why it should take 6 hours for anyone to brew a single batch of beer.
That's a bit extreme.
I think it takes me more like 4.5... but I could easily reduce mashing time if I wanted to.
Kegging my Chinook SMASH for Brew At The Zoo tonight... will be a quick turnaround on the carbonation.
Posted on 9/30/15 at 11:14 am to BMoney
quote:
I don't understand why it should take 6 hours for anyone to brew a single batch of beer.
I'm at 5-5.5, but usually 5.5.
I'm trying to diagnose what takes up most of the time. Setting everything up the day before brew day would cut down on some time. I dont always do that.
Heating up water take a little time, not too much, but a new burner could probably speed that up.
I mash for 60-75 minutes depending on style.
I vorlauf about 4 -7 times.
Transferring from the Sparge to Mash to Kettle probably takes me the longest. I do a slow transfer to gather 7.62 gallons. Probably takes me anywhere from 30-45 minutes. Wonder if any exbeeriments have been done regarding efficiency of a faster wort transfer (15-20 minutes) vs. a longer transfer (30-45 minutes).
I stir up the wort after the transfer then take a sample and cool it in the fridge, meanwhile i'm heating my wort back up to boil. Boil typically for 60 minutes.
Once finished, i remove the kettle, insert the wort chiller and chill to about 180. I then put the kettle back on the burner and maintain a temp of 170-180 for my whirlpool hops. I just started doing an hour long hop stand for IPA's, with 2 hop additions, one at 15 minutes in, and one at 45 minutes in.
Once done, i continue chilling, takes about 10-15 minutes to get down to yeast pitching temps.
Pitch yeast, shake the shite out of the carboy, and put it in the ferm freezer.
Then i'm cleaning what couldn't be cleaned ahead of time.
Brewpot, paddles, wort chiller, tubing, etc...
But with IPA's, how do you do a 3.5 hour brew when you have to mash 1 hour, boil 1 hour, and perform a hop stand for 45 min - 1 hour? Or do you do a shorter hop stand?
I'm all ears on how to shorten brew day. Would love to be able to brew 2 batches in 1 day.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News