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[armagh]

Only had it through the cleaning cycle so far.  Will have a better answer next weekend.

[Poptop]

How long is brewday with one of these things?

According to their brochure, approx. 5 hours.

[HVB]

According to their brochure, approx. 5 hours.

Ouch!

[CaptRon]

Only had it through the cleaning cycle so far.  Will have a better answer next weekend.

 

Don't forget that switch on the bottom!  Make sure it is set to 'Normal' when you want to boil!

[Stains_not_here_man]

Ouch!

That's not that bad if you can walk away from it.

[HVB]

That's not that bad if you can walk away from it.

I can walk away from mine, I do all the time. I am usually at 3.5 hours start to end and sub 3 if I push it.

[CaptRon]

I can walk away from mine, I do all the time. I am usually at 3.5 hours start to end and sub 3 if I push it.

 

Yeah, but I really like the small footprint and how it is all one unit.  I don't have a lot of space so that along with the simplicity is what seals it for me.  I sacrifice the ability to make 10 gallons a pop, but that's ok I'll just brew more often!  

[HVB]

Yeah, but I really like the small footprint and how it is all one unit. I don't have a lot of space so that along with the simplicity is what seals it for me. I sacrifice the ability to make 10 gallons a pop, but that's ok I'll just brew more often!

That's what basements are for!

[cavman]

Ouch!

30 minute boils and it gets down to 4.5

[CaptRon]

That's what basements are for!

 

No kidding.  Not too many basements here in CA.  I would LOVE a basement!

[Hines]

According to their brochure, approx. 5 hours.

All of a sudden, I'm not interested.

[positiveContact]

I bet it takes me over 5 hours to do 10 gals.  takes a while to heat the strike water, stabilize in the cooler, mash in, mash, drain, bring it all to a boil and then cool and clean up.

[HVB]

I bet it takes me over 5 hours to do 10 gals.  takes a while to heat the strike water, stabilize in the cooler, mash in, mash, drain, bring it all to a boil and then cool and clean up.

My number was for 5g, the same as the GF.  I have not made a 10g batch in a while to remember how long it took.  I would guess maybe 30 minutes longer.  I do have a few things that speed it up.  My HLT heats the water and it is pumped through the RIMS to heat more and back to the HLT.  That lets me get up to temp a lot faster.

[positiveContact]

My number was for 5g, the same as the GF.  I have not made a 10g batch in a while to remember how long it took.  I would guess maybe 30 minutes longer.  I do have a few things that speed it up.  My HLT heats the water and it is pumped through the RIMS to heat more and back to the HLT.  That lets me get up to temp a lot faster.

 

I'm probably not quite aggressive enough with my SQ14 but I don't want the flames coming around the side of my kettle too much!  I envy you guys that have got the brew day time trimmed a bit but I'd have to probably make some major changes to my method/equipment to make it much better than where I'm at now.

[HVB]

I'm probably not quite aggressive enough with my SQ14 but I don't want the flames coming around the side of my kettle too much!  I envy you guys that have got the brew day time trimmed a bit but I'd have to probably make some major changes to my method/equipment to make it much better than where I'm at now.

It sounds like you would.  Mine is just a result of my brewing setup.  Nothing I tried to create just a by product of it and I am not complaining

[armagh]

The manufacturer delineates between smaller grain bills (9lbs or less) and larger grain bills (up to 19lbs) in terms of process time.  Also depends (obviously) on whether you go with a single infusion or step mash.

[Poptop]

The manufacturer delineates between smaller grain bills (9lbs or less) and larger grain bills (up to 19lbs) in terms of process time.  Also depends (obviously) on whether you go with a single infusion or step mash.

All this and conducting mis-en-place. I'm sure the 5 hour approximation would change with the individual.

[HVB]

All this and conducting mis-en-place. I'm sure the 5 hour approximation would change with the individual.

Sure but the heating at 120v is going to be this biggest bottleneck IMO.

[positiveContact]

Sure but the heating at 120v is going to be this biggest bottleneck IMO.

 

yeup!

[CaptRon]

So I transferred my SNPA clone to secondary yesterday. OG Gravity reading was 1.054, yesterday was 1.010. Very nice!

Has a real nice color and flavor was really nice but definitely needed the dry hops I added yesterday. Today the aroma is wonderful!

I also brewed a big oatmeal stout (used quiet storm as a case and just rounded ingredients lol). I put it right on top of the yeast cake from the SNPA. The taste was amazing. Today the fermenting beer smells incredible! We'll see what I get from using this yeast instead of a stout yeast.

The yeast seem to be VERY happy as it took off within an hour. Full on ferment with beer going up the blowoff tube. I didn't think much of it but when I got up this morning it had filled the bottle I used for the blowoff and had made a huge mess on the floor and wall.

Still going strong right now.