BeerSci: How To Brew A Beer In A Week
Red White and Blue Brewskis Peddler11Want to make a homebrew by Election Day? It's possible! A couple of days ago, one of the PopSci.com edit staff asked me if it was possible to brew a beer in time for election day. That's related to one of the most-often encountered questions I get about homebrewing: How long does it take to make beer? My standard answer is "approximately six weeks," because here at BeerSci we tend to brew styles that benefit from that schedule, and we have a limited amount of space for non-essential equipment such as giant cylinders of CO2. But it is entirely possible to brew a beer in seven days, provided you 1) know what the hell you are doing and 2) have the necessary equipment, or 3) have a WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery. (If you want to buy one, go here.) Most of my knowledge on this subject...