mashiox
New Member
My friends and I are going to be doing a smaller batch of beer using an existing recipe we've made and done before. However it's written as a 6.5 gallon recipe and we plan on making a 3 gallon recipe.
Normally, when I scale something down I use a conversion factor I use the chemist's equation.
(Given unit x) * (Target Unit y)/(Target unit x) = (Given unit y).
Since the 6.5 gallon recipe isn't double what the 3 gallon would be, I'm not comfortable simply halfing it.
So one of the grains we put into the 6.5 gallon recipe is 3lbs British Pale Malt.
This is out of 8lbs of grain total.
Would the scale be best by calculating it as:
3gal * 3lbs/6.5gal
or something else?
Normally, when I scale something down I use a conversion factor I use the chemist's equation.
(Given unit x) * (Target Unit y)/(Target unit x) = (Given unit y).
Since the 6.5 gallon recipe isn't double what the 3 gallon would be, I'm not comfortable simply halfing it.
So one of the grains we put into the 6.5 gallon recipe is 3lbs British Pale Malt.
This is out of 8lbs of grain total.
Would the scale be best by calculating it as:
3gal * 3lbs/6.5gal
or something else?