Okay, here is the deal. Going on vacation next week,will not have any beer legged for July 4th if I don't get it done now. So I also really want to see if I can keep refining the 2HB process. So yes, success on both counts. After seeing another brewer's spreadsheet (thanks Gary) I set up my timeline on two parallel tracks. Started at 1:54 and was pitched and picked up at 3:55! And I kegged a pale ale into a corny & the teakettle , so yes we will have Homebrew for the fourth.
And I'm enjoying a lovely Fat Tire too. Ah,good deal.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Two hour homebrew?
I've had an idea for awhile about how to brew more efficiently. Normally we steep the grains for a 1/2 hour or so, while the kitchen gets cleaned up and the fermenter gets filled with sanitizer. Then add the malt, boil for an hour and chill. Can I brew a five gallon extract w/specialty grain homebrew in two hours?
What if:
1. the kitchen was already clean/tidy?
2. dissolve the malt in the pot and get the boil started right away?
3. steep the grains in the wort while the chiller runs?
Schwartzbier, Jan 5, 2010
9:00 am Dissolve #6.8 d.m.e. in 3 gallons of H20
9:20 am Boil starts, get fermenter filled with sanitizer, start adding hops
10:10 am Wort chiller into pot
10:15 am Drain fermenter, rinse strainer, measuring cup, lid, airlock
10:20 am Add whirlfloc tablet
10:25 am Boil finished
What if:
1. the kitchen was already clean/tidy?
2. dissolve the malt in the pot and get the boil started right away?
3. steep the grains in the wort while the chiller runs?
Schwartzbier, Jan 5, 2010
9:00 am Dissolve #6.8 d.m.e. in 3 gallons of H20
9:20 am Boil starts, get fermenter filled with sanitizer, start adding hops
10:10 am Wort chiller into pot
10:15 am Drain fermenter, rinse strainer, measuring cup, lid, airlock
10:20 am Add whirlfloc tablet
10:25 am Boil finished
11:00 am Wort chilled, topped off, pitched and in the cellar
Done in 2 hours. I realized that the grains weren't really in the pot very long while the chiller was running. So I poured the wort in the pot through my strainer first to get rid of the hops. Then I put the grain bag in the strainer and rinsed through the grains as I topped off the fermenter. There was a nice color in the wort coming out the strainer and I think I probably ran a gallon and a half of water through the grains.
All in all, this seems like it works. I had #2 of specialty grains. I'll be looking forward to seeing if I get all the color and roastiness I want in this schwartzbier.
Done!
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