1 week grain to glass

[Thefatdoghead]

Just brewed a double batch of English bitter. 4.2% straight out of the braumeister. Fermented with fresh Themes valley yeast, no starter just smacked the packs. They were done In 5 days and chilled for 2 days the. Filtered to keg. Bright as bright beer and tasting fantastic off the pump.
I think I'm going to go down the lighter beer path where I don't need a starter and simple malt bills. Of coarse I can always use the first batch of beer as a starter for a big double IPA when I want.
1 week grain to glass is awesome though and why not? That's how the pro's do it.

 

[highstrike]

When I want some hoppy beers and have nothing in the pipeline, I do a recipe out of Zymurgy from a year or two ago called "Pliny the Toddler" which is awesome when I want a face full of hops but still keep the beer balanced. That recipe was from an article doing exactly that: grain to glass in 7 days.