Splitting the brew day
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:12 am
So the dentist has to move my 10am appointment to Noon, which will really put a pinch on my brew day plans. Usual process is to heat water, mash for 60 minutes, mash out, collect wort and boil.
It got me to thinking about splitting up the jobs...if I were to start the mash, then the appointment lasted say 2 hours (don't laugh, it could happen), what would the effects be on the finished product? Or if I finished the entire mash and left the collected wort covered in the kettle without boiling a couple of hours?
Google has plenty of contradicting answers to both questions. Someone here has probably run into situations where they had to split up their normal processes - what did you do and did it affect the final product for good or bad?
BTW - too late for me to do any of this today. I'll squeeze it all in later or punt for another day, but I'd love to hear any experiences!
If the style factors into your thoughts, I'm doing an American Porter with a 155F mash.
It got me to thinking about splitting up the jobs...if I were to start the mash, then the appointment lasted say 2 hours (don't laugh, it could happen), what would the effects be on the finished product? Or if I finished the entire mash and left the collected wort covered in the kettle without boiling a couple of hours?
Google has plenty of contradicting answers to both questions. Someone here has probably run into situations where they had to split up their normal processes - what did you do and did it affect the final product for good or bad?
BTW - too late for me to do any of this today. I'll squeeze it all in later or punt for another day, but I'd love to hear any experiences!
If the style factors into your thoughts, I'm doing an American Porter with a 155F mash.