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**RM-MN** · 02-22-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaddyb

So another question, if I make 2.5 gal batches, I suppose I can just cut the grain bills and hops in half from a 5 gallon recipe? I wouldn't mind doing smaller batches for things like IPAs where I'm the only one who drinks em in the house, and the hop qualities tend to fade if they sit too long.

That's what I've been doing. All grain brewing scales very well so you could go from a gallon batch to a 20 gallon batch and the only thing you would need different is a bigger pot and burner for the big batches. Otherwise in the ingredients it's just math, half size batch takes half the ingredients.

I'm now running into the hop fade on an an APA I made in November. It isn't bad but it is noticeable.

Chaddyb · 02-22-2012, 12:32 PM

Thanks for all the help, I'm gonna try out a half batch doing the biab method and see how it goes.