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Hello all, thanks in advance for any advice! I picked up a 1 gal brewers best kit at a local brew shop (the only shop within a long drive being from miami), its the American Classic. When i got home I opened it up and it has 2 bags of DME, the smaller one is solid in the bag. My question is if i...

Wondering what it would be like to brew 1gal batch of a dunkel as an ale since I don't have lagering equipment. From what I've seen recipes call for Munich malt, carafa for color, and tettnang. Any suggestions for yeast? Safale 05?

Heya guys, I've made a few one gallon batches all grain sparging and I'm curious about trying biab for my next batch. I understand I need a bag...lots of people say the"paint strainer" bags from home depot. Are those bags food safe? Is the only difference that I will be mashing and sparging in...

Hiya all, I'm getting ready to brew my first cream ale (one gallon) and have a couple questions. The grain bill is .75 lbs 2row,.75lbs pilsner,.5 lbs flaked corn. Mash @150F with 1/2gal for 60min, sparge @ 170F with one gal. I have willamete hops and amarillo hops. I was told to add willamete...

Am I risking contamination by using half a pack of yeast (safeale 05) for a one gallon recipe and saving the other half in the fridge for my next 1 gal brew?

Wanted to start a forum all things concerned about BBS, that includes kits,techniques,recipes ,equipment,and any way to help each other out and share information concerning the BBS brewing. So far I have brewed 2 of their kits and 2 recipes from the book and all have been great. I have also...

I accidentally and foolishly pitched an entire vial of liquid wyeast london ale yeast into my one gallon of wort (I usually use 1/2 pack dry yeast,this was my 1st time using liquid yeast and it poured damn quick lol). Is this going to affect my one gallon batch? It's an apple crisp ale from...

So what does every one think about 2ndary fermentation for 1 gal batches? Is it work the time and effort to move the brew to another fermenter and off the yeast cake for improved flavor/quality if any? Will secondary fermentation make a beer that is more pure to its true flavors? I keep posts...

Has any one brewed the Brooklyn Brew Shop's Spring Lager Recipe? I'm thinking of making it as a 4th brew and would like to know what any one that has made it thinks? It uses lager yeast such as Saflager S-23 but ferments at room temp. Any one know anything like this? I would be making a one...

Hiya all, started my second brew tonight (Brooklyn Brew Shop Smoked wheat). Was pretty straight forward. I did thier everyday IPA as my first kit and enjoyed it a lot. Any one else try the smoked wheat?