in trouble again :(

The Pub
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I got myself invited to a meeting of the Amsterdam homebrew club next Friday, and promised I would bring along a beer brewed in 6 days, according to Drew’s express brewing technique - Express Brewing - Speed Brewing from Grain to Glass in Less Than 10 Da – Maltose Falcons

Please tell me it can be done  :frowning:

This morning I brewed a 1040 Mosaic APA, pitched Thames Valley yeast at 1:30 PM @17C (it seems to be churning away at 7PM).  So cold crash on Monday evening, transfer to another keg on Tuesday morning, rack to yet another keg on Wednesday and force-carbonate, bottle on Thursday evening, take the train on Friday to Amsterdam, and NOT be the laughing stock of the Dutch homebrew crowd in the evening.

Please tell me it can be done  :frowning:

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Maybe…

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You mean not by me:(

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This sounds like something that you’d want to do at least a couple of times to get it right before committing to do it for other people.
Good luck.

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No, it’s Drew’s technique. Either it works our it doesn’t. If it works I’ll be a hero and if doesn’t we’ll laugh at those stupid Americans.

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That or you could start brewing beers more than a week out .  :wink:

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When I brew my Hefe it’s usually ready in 5-6 days, so good luck!

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I have faith! (I should, right?)

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Faith you may have, young padawan.

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The road is long, Grasshopper.

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:slight_smile:

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Reached final gravity right on time!  Will start cold crashing according to schedule in a couple of hours. Only thing I’m not sure about is whether I should add some gelatin tomorrow morning when I rack to a keg…

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Yes it can be done, but not by you.  The way you dither about recipes here, at Day 6 you will still be deciding on your recipe.  :wink:

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Obviously you are unable to grasp my long term plan, so let me spell it out for you:

  1. Dither endlessly about recipes.
  2. Brew beers in 6 days.
  3. Achieve world dominance.
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I knew it! :wink:

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Done. Not too bad for a five day brew.

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Nice foam. Bit thin, but at 4 ABV I can’t complain.

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That’s the spirit!

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

If you are ever invited by a homebrew club in another country or something similar to give a talk about this method, and you promise to bring 20 bottles or so, and you have never ever used a beergun, this is my advice: THINK TWICE. At some point you may be inclined to shoot the inventor of the beergun with a lethalized version of his own contraption, and we don’t want you to do that, now do we?

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Did you turn down the pressure and vent the keg?