METHOD 1. OVERNIGHT MASH
9:00pm-9:45pm - prep+bring 8litres water to 65C. add water to grains in mashtun
7:00am-7:30am - bring 14L water to 95C and add at 7:30. start heating 8L sparge water too
7:45-7:55 - collect wort, add sparge water
7:55-8:20 - bringing wort to boil+collecting sparged wort
8:20-8:50 - boil 30mins
8:50-9:10 - 10 min cooldown with wort chiller, leave in kettle and cool in garage with tinfoil around edges
total time = 45min + 2hr1min
METHOD 2. 15MIN MASH
7:00am-7:45am- prep+bring 8litres water to 65C. add water to grains in mashtun
7:00am-8:00am - 14L water to 95C and add at 8:00. start heating 8L sparge water too
8:15am-8:25am - collect wort, add sparge water
8:25am-9:00am - bringing wort to boil+collecting sparged wort
9:00am-9:30am - boil 30mins
9:30am-9:50am - 10 min cooldown with wort chiller, leave in kettle and cool in garage with tinfoil around edges
total time = 2hr50min
What do you think of these two ideas i had to shorten my brew day to the bare bones?
I am a single dad with a lot on my plate, and while I love excellently crafted beers, which I definitely DO MAKE. What do you think are drawbacks, problems and positives with these two ideas I'm playing with?
My normal brew day is about 4 hours, definitely no less than that. 2hours and 10 minutes of active work in one day is tempting to make an all-grain presumably okay quality beer for just drinking.