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So I had the following schedule, but missed the mark. I think heating and cooling times were too short, at a guess. Anyone else do 22 gallons of beer in a day? Got a rough schedule that you use?

Here's my brewing system:
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/phpBB2 ... php?t=3334

Here's my schedule that I missed:
8:30 Heat HLT
9 Dough In
9:10 Mash Rest
9:15 Fill HLT to 3.25 gal
9:20 Heat HLT
9:40 Add hot water to Mash to step up temp (not above 151)
9:55 Add hot water to Mash to step up temp (not above 162)
10:10 First runoff and FWH and start boil
10:20 Sparge w 6.5 gal and start boil
10:30 Fill HLT to 5 gal
10:30 Heat HLT
10:45 Clean out mash tun
11:00 Dough In
11:15 Mash Rest
11:15 Fill HLT to 4.5 gal
11:30 Heat HLT
11:45 Start Wort Cooling 1st batch
12:00 Aerate wort and drain into fermentor
12:00 First runoff and start boil in second boiler
12:10 Sparge w 6.5 gal
12:15 Clean out mash tun
1:45 Start Wort Cooling 2nd batch
2 Aerate wort and drain into fermentor
3 Finish

I don't generate a timeline but we often brew doube 10's. Depending on the styles and mash regime, it usually takes around 10 hours. We clean and sanitize kegs while brewing and clean/wipe/mop everything down when finished.

Who is John Malt? wrote:I don't generate a timeline but we often brew doube 10's. Depending on the styles and mash regime, it usually takes around 10 hours. We clean and sanitize kegs while brewing and clean/wipe/mop everything down when finished.

Thanks Who, that makes me feel better. I thought I was wasting time, but it would appear that my buddy and I were more efficient than I thought. Maybe some way to heat up more liquor in the HLT and not have it loose all of the heat while waiting for other parts of the process? I run a brew tree with no pump, so not sure how I could pull that one off

The HLT is the biggest bottleneck of the system. We use hot water for keg washing AND brewing so the HLT is always at full throttle (13 kegs were washed and sanitized last weekend; in stock, no waiting). I picked up a 50gal water heater that I need to wire/plumb to get ahead of the curve.

Pumping is the only way to fly. I'd attach a pic of my ghetto system but I am computer-challeged.

A Dedicated Hot Water Heater/HLT... now THAT's Homebrew!

My Wife would shoot me....