can someone help me out

This is the first time I am increasing a recipe, and don't wanna mess this up. Can someone help me out on what I need to increase?

BTW, this is taken from the Christmas brew thread, planning on brewing this next week for the Christmas season. :rockin:

brewt00l said:

Likewise, mine is currently sitting in the secondary on 1+ lb of cherries....

8.75 lb Pilsen Malt
3 lb Munich 10L Malt
6.0 oz Chocolate Malt
1 lb Honey
1 oz Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
.5 oz Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
0.25 tsp Ginger (fresh) - steeped after boil
1.0 ea White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I
1 lb Cherries (fresh) - added dry to secondary fermenter
Oak Wood Cubes - added dry to secondary fermenter

Edit: 3.5 gal batch BTW.

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I am trying to make this into a 5g batch. Possibly even a 6g if its easier to convert.

Thanks in advance.

Except for the yeast, just multiply it all by about 1.43. (=5/3.5)

One vial of yeast should still do it. Maybe make a starter.

And don't go nuts trying to be too exact.

To my knowledge, the adjustment is linear, meaning if you double the size of the batch, you double the amount of each ingredient. I've adjusted batch sizes this way without any problem.

So, for a 5 gal batch of this recipe, multiply by 1.43:

12.5 lb Pilsen Malt
4.3 lb Munich 10L Malt
8.6 oz Chocolate Malt
1.43 lb Honey
1.43 oz Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
.7 oz Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
0.35 tsp Ginger (fresh) - steeped after boil
1.0 ea White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I
1.43 lb Cherries (fresh) - added dry to secondary fermenter
Oak Wood Cubes - added dry to secondary fermenter

Notice that I did not adjust the amount of yeast required. In general the liquid yeasts from White Labs (and others) are supposed to be enough yeast to direct pitch into 5 gals of a reasonable gravity wort. But, this is not exactly a reasonable gravity wort at about 1.108. You may want to use a starter to increase the cell count or pitch two packs of yeast.

Well, that makes sense. Thanks!