I really want to get better at brewing very quickly. I want to develop a few recipes and really nail them down, but I don't have tons of money or time. Let's say I wanted to perfect a basic APA. I might try making a 4 gallon batch and doing this:
1. Mash 8 or so lbs of two row with 4 gallons of water.
2. Divide up into four one gallon batches in 4 different pots.
3. Steep different malt combos in each pot. Try different hop combos as well.
4. Put each in a 2 gallon bucket. Add washed yeast to each bucket.
5. Rack into 1 gallon glass jugs for secondary.
6. Bottle and then taste the differences.
This seems like a cheap way to get good at a style pretty quickly. I searched for similar threads but I kind of want to delve into this a little bit more. Also, one could do two mashes with different kilned malts to make 2 gallons of 2 different base worts.
Lastly, these 1 gallon batches would probably go through primary in less than a week, right?
1. Mash 8 or so lbs of two row with 4 gallons of water.
2. Divide up into four one gallon batches in 4 different pots.
3. Steep different malt combos in each pot. Try different hop combos as well.
4. Put each in a 2 gallon bucket. Add washed yeast to each bucket.
5. Rack into 1 gallon glass jugs for secondary.
6. Bottle and then taste the differences.
This seems like a cheap way to get good at a style pretty quickly. I searched for similar threads but I kind of want to delve into this a little bit more. Also, one could do two mashes with different kilned malts to make 2 gallons of 2 different base worts.
Lastly, these 1 gallon batches would probably go through primary in less than a week, right?