Fear of the D A R K

[Partridge9]

I attempted my first night brew last night

Basically this involves (for me anyway)

- putting on a mash and going to bed !

- Then in the morning - sparging (takes about 15 mins)

Then after work - putting on the boil.

Not sure if there are any side effects - other than it took an over an hour to get to the boil when I got home tonight...

anyone tried this sort of thing ??
any problems / tips ??

[MAF]

I often mash one night and boil the next; I did find that if I didn't hit a good mash out that the resultant beer would always finish with a relatively low FG (usually around 1.008, even if mash temp was high). Great technique if you want to brew a dry saison though!

[RichC]

I've done this for the last 6 brews or so without a problem. I BIAB so dough in with just over 30litres, lag and go to bed. Get up and drop kids to school. Mash out and pull grain bag about 12 hours after dough in, usually a 12 or 15 deg drop in temp over this time. It's a great way of dividing up a brew day. Haven't had any problems and won't be doing it any other way for the foreseeable future.

[Dara]

I have done something similar on the last two brews.  Although, I mash and collect my wort the first evening. Then leave it in a sanitised fermentor for the night and boil next day. Seems to have worked so far and will be that way for the foreseeable future.  I have a couple of smallies around during the day so the only time I can brew is after 9pm.

Dara

[Partridge9]

As part of my mash - I raise it to 76C

Boy did it make my brew day easy
- and for some completely illogical reason - I didn't make the normal mess.

- its in the fermentor now ... piched yeast at 14C   

Some 30C rule the germans have - add your pitch temp and your fermentation temp and you should hit 30c ..

Its probably rubbish - but I tend not to walk under ladders as well !