Longest Brew Day?

11g of DIPA that took roughly 7.5 hours because....

90 minute boil
45 minute flame out hop stand
15 extra minutes chilling at a slower rate since I was running the wort through my hop rocket
30 extra minutes cleaning up by myself (my brew partner wasn't around)


16.5g Partigyle brew day (5.5g RIS, 11g porter) that took 6.5 hours because....

90 minute boil on batch #1
75 minute boil on batch #2
about a 20 minute delay waiting to chill batch #2 since batch #1 was still chilling
30 extra minutes cleaning up by myself (my brewing partner wasn't around)

 

I can't make it through one batch of simple wheat beer or APA without a "celebratory beverage." In fact, I don't even try. That's why I don't do double and triple brew days tho.

 

Glad I could accidentally help

 

You're still good for a parti-gyle someday. It only adds an hour to brew day if you do it right.

 

I guess I did it extra right because it only added 30 minutes to my brew day and 20 of those minutes could have been avoided with better planning on my part.

 

You and your tiers.

 

Two batches all grain vorloft in an Igloo in a boil pot that didn't quite fit under the hood vent, with the tiniest gas flame ya ever did see...
14 hours.

 

I can't recall my longest brew day, but I remember a friend brewing a triple decoction doppelbock. It had to be close to 14 hours. I still remember this beer as one of the best beers I have ever had (commercial or home-brew) and this was 18 years ago.

 

My second AG batch was a RIS, my recipe said to collect 10 gallons of wort with a double batch sparge and boil it down to 5.5, for an OG of 1.091. I had nearly that much wort at the beginning, I ended up putting two kettles on to make the volume reduction faster, but it took about 9 hours start to finishing cleanup. I've since gotten better at big beers since I have an unintentional habit of never brewing anything under 7%. Since then I've made the same beer but getting away with 7 gallons of wort as starting volume, and also done a double decoction, I've got the processes down pretty well, maybe I'll attempt a double brew day (or at least another parti-gyle)

 

I find it very hard to not have a decent buzz by the time I pitch! Pick can attest!