Mash today, boil tomorrow?

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dedken

Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by dedken » Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:41 pm

hi all,

Wondering if there is anything intrinsically wrong with mashing and sparging this afternoon and continuing with the boil tomorrow morning to save time (have to go out this evening)? I woul pressume that if I leave the wort covered it will be ok, especially as it has to be boiled anyway?
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dave-o

Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by dave-o » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:32 am

Yes, it's fine.
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Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by trucker5774 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:12 am

Yes, it's been done many times
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Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by Jolum » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:15 pm

As long as no nasties can get to it you'll be sound as a pound :D
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naffolddog

Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by naffolddog » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:40 pm

Shouldn't be a problem. You could just leave the mash overnight and sparge in the morning, that way you wont be waiting as long for the cooled wort to get back to the boil. :)
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dedken

Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by dedken » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:21 pm

Coola boola. I mashed (at the wrong bleedin' temperature) and sparged Saturday and then boiled on Sunday. Cooled during England half-time, drained at fulltime. I was so distracted during this brew lord know's how it turn out!
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naffolddog

Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by naffolddog » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:34 pm

dedken wrote:Coola boola. I mashed (at the wrong bleedin' temperature) and sparged Saturday and then boiled on Sunday. Cooled during England half-time, drained at fulltime. I was so distracted during this brew lord know's how it turn out!
It sounds like a right balls up! :wink:
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dedken

Re: Mash today, boil tomorrow?

Post by dedken » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:02 pm

naffolddog wrote:
dedken wrote:Coola boola. I mashed (at the wrong bleedin' temperature) and sparged Saturday and then boiled on Sunday. Cooled during England half-time, drained at fulltime. I was so distracted during this brew lord know's how it turn out!
It sounds like a right balls up! :wink:
A balls up of a kind yes. What I actually did was heat the strike water to 82 instead of 72 (which I didn't realise until I'd doughed-in (and there was no room for more cold water)) and it took me 35 minutes to get the temperature down to 66. Sparging went well though... And it smells good fermenting at 19C, so - fingers crossed, eh [-o<
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