Once I have all the ingredients it's pretty quick to get everything fermenting. Took a few hours to get the 6 flavors fermenting. These have taken over a month to ferment. The biggest drag is the time it takes to clean and prep all the bottles. Takes a few hours of just scrubbing, rinsing, and sanitizing. No matter how I store the bottles they always need a thorough cleaning before bottling. Fastest I've gone from fermenting to drinking has been 3 weeks and I've waited months before bottling too.