From Brewing to Drinking The time it takes for your beer to go from raw materials to finished, ready to drink beer depends on a number of different factors. Generally, the process takes between four and eight weeks (one to two months). Four weeks is pretty much the least amount of time you'll have to wait.
It's not hard for a home brewer to make good to great beer, but it's hard to do so on your first batches because brewing is somewhat of a 'precision' process, and missteps during brewing are easy to make.