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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I use a method very similar to JeffoC6's, and I'm essentially having the same problem. Have either of you been able to solve it since you last posted? Thanks!

I typically get 8 or 9 bottles from a batch fermented in a one-gallon glass jug. I like the idea of scaling the recipe up a bit and then trying to leave behind as much of the trub in the brew kettle as possible. Leaving the trub behind, though, is the hard part; anybody have any tips on how to...

I don't know of any place that does 1-gallon kits in the same way as BBS, but Brewmaster's Warehouse has a "recipe builder" that will probably let you put together a grain bill for a 1-gallon recipe.

I use Palmer's nomograph to hit desired carbonation levels (which depend on style). Just remember that the weights of priming sugar he recommends are for five gallons, so you'll need to divide accordingly. http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html

Sean Terrill has written about this pretty extensively: http://seanterrill.com/2010/07/20/toward-a-better-refractometer-correlation/ On the navigation bar on the left of that page, you'll see that he's also included a link to his FG calculator for refractometer readings. I use a refractometer...

I started with BBS, and that's basically where most of my current process comes from, though I don't use their kits any more. But all this raises another question that's been flitting around in my head. If I were to just do a full-volume mash in one pot, then dump the contents of the mash...

Thanks very much for the clarification!

Hi Calichusetts, Can I just ask you to clarify what you're doing in this step? It sounds to me like you take the first runnings and recirculate them through the grain a couple of times, then basically soak the grains for a few minutes in your sparge water, collect second runnings, recirculate...