I like to be contrarian, but I boiled my SHaME beer for 60 minutes with .5 oz. of Nelson Sauvin and then tossed in the other half ounce of hops at flame out. Calling it Walk of Shame Scottish IPA since I used 1728.
Let us know how it comes out. That is one of the hops I've been wanting to try for a long time since my wife loves white wine.I like to be contrarian, but I boiled my SHaME beer for 60 minutes with .5 oz. of Nelson Sauvin and then tossed in the other half ounce of hops at flame out. Calling it Walk of Shame Scottish IPA since I used 1728.
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...or just buy grain, hops, & yeast from any online homebrew store. 2lbs of base malt & 0.5-1oz of hops is all you need.
This post was well worth reading over...In fact it's been quite a spirit booster. I was very ill a few years back and had to cut back on my beer consumption...drastically, (is a good word)...I had to lose a lot of weight and cut back my drinking to 4, YES four beers a week...I stopped brewing, I just couldn't see brewing 5 gals of something really good and have it just sit for months while I tipple away at it 4 beers at a time...
But this would give me a new lease on brewing...one and a half gal...12 beers drunk over 3 weeks and then on to the next great brew...falls not far away and I could start with a dark beer or even an Irish Stout...Joy Joy JOY!
Why not just buy a one gallon kit from say, Brewer’s Best?I have been brewing partial extract kits 5 gallons,and I want to make a 1 gallon batch but have no idea how to either cut ingredients from a 5 gallon kit,which I wouldn't really wanna do anyways. I was thinking cutting a mr beer kit between two 1 gallon fermenters,
any ideas on that?
any ideas on making 1 gallon batches?
Thanks
2012 post.Why not just buy a one gallon kit from say, Brewer’s Best?
For what it is worth, my small batch story:
Let us know how it comes out. That is one of the hops I've been wanting to try for a long time since my wife loves white wine.
I just had the first finished beer from this batch. I like the hop flavor and subtle aroma very much, but am not getting the white wine flavor that Nelson Sauvin is named for. The flavor and aroma remind me of Chinook, but I bittered with this hop and the bitterness is not like Chinook, I find it soft and pleasant, but still potent like Northern Brewer.
Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. I brewed a one gallon batch of pale ale with all Neslson yesterday. 92% 2-row and 8% Crystal 60. Debating on whether to dry hop it or leave it as is. Around 5.3 ABV and 40 IBUs.
A refractometer does need an calculator to figure out actual gravity once fermentation begins but if you are just looking for a final stable gravity you can take the reading at face value and look for when it stop changing.Last Saturday I brewed my first 1 gallon batch. Actually two one gallon batches - a pale ale and a porter. Active fermentation is now over and I'm going to let them sit for another couple weeks before I take gravity readings. That got me thinking - I only have a hydrometer and gathering a couple samples from each is quite a draw off the gallon.
Question - Would it be worth looking into a refractometer at this stage of the process for these brews? I've read they're not really meant for calculating final gravity, but I know there is some conversion you can do. I'd just hate wasting the amount of beer a hydrometer would use.
Last Saturday I brewed my first 1 gallon batch. Actually two one gallon batches - a pale ale and a porter. Active fermentation is now over and I'm going to let them sit for another couple weeks before I take gravity readings. That got me thinking - I only have a hydrometer and gathering a couple samples from each is quite a draw off the gallon.
Question - Would it be worth looking into a refractometer at this stage of the process for these brews? I've read they're not really meant for calculating final gravity, but I know there is some conversion you can do. I'd just hate wasting the amount of beer a hydrometer would use.
For one gallon batches, I just keep a gallon jug of Starsan, sink the hydrometer in it before putting it in the gallon jug of wort/beer.
Where did you find a hydrometer that's short enough to float in a typical one gallon carboy available in the US?
I would be nervous of the hydro breaking if it hit the bottom of a glass jug too hard or possible while trying to fish it out the skinny opening.
Quick question - how do you guys bottle from a one-gallon glass carboy?? I can't figure out a quick, clean and easy way to do it - especially since the auto-siphon I have doesn't fit inside... I have four or five one-gallon glass carboys that I'd love to use (including for hop experiments and such)....
Quick question - how do you guys bottle from a one-gallon glass carboy?? I can't figure out a quick, clean and easy way to do it - especially since the auto-siphon I have doesn't fit inside... I have four or five one-gallon glass carboys that I'd love to use (including for hop experiments and such)....
Quick question - how do you guys bottle from a one-gallon glass carboy?? I can't figure out a quick, clean and easy way to do it - especially since the auto-siphon I have doesn't fit inside... I have four or five one-gallon glass carboys that I'd love to use (including for hop experiments and such)....
I use the mini siphon which works perfectly for this size.Quick question - how do you guys bottle from a one-gallon glass carboy?? I can't figure out a quick, clean and easy way to do it - especially since the auto-siphon I have doesn't fit inside... I have four or five one-gallon glass carboys that I'd love to use (including for hop experiments and such)....
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