Otto Von Blotto Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I doubt you'll get it much shorter than that unless you start cutting corners. Not usually the best idea in my experience. There are good reasons why parts of the process are done for certain periods of time, reducing these timeframes may result in a lesser quality product. One exception is brewing milds. These are usually mashed for half an hour at around 70 degrees, but that type of mash doesn't really suit any other styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Definitely wouldn't cut corners just assumed you would pick up how to do things quicker or have such and such ready to go in the future which all Saves time in the long run, but either way i'm happy with 4.5 hours Cheers, Hoppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Lao Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Checking my brew notes and I started the mash at 9.15am and was finished the boil at 12.15pm. Thats a 75min mash and 75min boil. Left the wort for 30mins while having lunch then started the IC going 12.45pm Pitching temps at around 1.15pm. So if I counted it from start of mash to getting in the FV it is probably 4-4.5 hours I am a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning and having things were they are ‘supposed’ to be so that is where I am losing time probably, but it suits me OK for now Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoppy81 said: Definitely wouldn't cut corners just assumed you would pick up how to do things quicker or have such and such ready to go in the future which all Saves time in the long run, but either way i'm happy with 4.5 hours Cheers, Hoppy You do refine things with more batches for sure, but it doesn't shave a lot of time off because you still have to mash, boil etc for the same amount of time. It does save time at the end not having to clean stuff up though if you've done what can be done during the brewing. I usually just plod along without any worry about how long it takes, but I'm doing things like letting the grain bag drain for half an hour or something, if I use FWH I steep the hops for 20 minutes before bringing the wort to boil. Things like that lengthen the brew day but I'm not in a rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Lao Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Got time to brew, got all the time in the world!! Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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