dadshomebrewing
Well-Known Member
I think I understand your question about 1 gallon recipes. Any proven recipe can be an 1 gallon batch, I've been taking larger recipes and down sizing them for a couple of years now. A 5 gallon recipe can be divided by 2 for 2.5 gallons or by 4 for 1.25 gallons. The ingredients will just be divided evenly but the procedure will remain the same such mash times and boil times.
Brewing software isn't really that expensive and there is plenty of free software plus some HBT users have set up some awesome spreadsheets to help too.
i have ibrewmaster on the ipad, and it was less than 10 bucks, and its fine.
that said, i'm just nerdy enough to go find all the calculators, and use the calculations in Palmer's book, and build one myself, because it will help me to learn them all