womencantsail
Well-Known Member
Like many of us that have been bit by the homebrewing bug, I've become very interested in doing some experimental beers. My interest however, is not so great that I wish to (potentially) ruin a 5 gallon batch of beer.
What I want to do is to make some 1 or 2 gallon recipes and use some 1 gallon Carlo Rossi wine jugs as fermenters, but I'm just a bit unsure about this.
I've plugged in some numbers to BeerSmith for 5 or 6 gallon recipes and then converted them to 1 or 2 gallon recipes. My main concern is the small amounts of specialty grains and hops. I'm sure I can manage to get a decent scale that can do the ounce or two of specialty grains, but I am not sure how I should go about measuring out portions of ounces for the hops
For example, here's an IPA recipe that I have adapted to use to make a Pineapple IPA:
Batch Size: 2.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.29 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 93.75 %
0.17 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.13 %
0.17 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3.13 %
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.5 IBU
0.33 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (30 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
0.33 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 13.0 IBU
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
0.17 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.17 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1 Pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051) Yeast-Ale
Add a small amount of Pineapple Extract that (I would have made) at bottling.
Any ideas or suggestions?
What I want to do is to make some 1 or 2 gallon recipes and use some 1 gallon Carlo Rossi wine jugs as fermenters, but I'm just a bit unsure about this.
I've plugged in some numbers to BeerSmith for 5 or 6 gallon recipes and then converted them to 1 or 2 gallon recipes. My main concern is the small amounts of specialty grains and hops. I'm sure I can manage to get a decent scale that can do the ounce or two of specialty grains, but I am not sure how I should go about measuring out portions of ounces for the hops
For example, here's an IPA recipe that I have adapted to use to make a Pineapple IPA:
Batch Size: 2.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.29 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 93.75 %
0.17 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.13 %
0.17 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3.13 %
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.5 IBU
0.33 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (30 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
0.33 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 13.0 IBU
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
0.17 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.17 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.17 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1 Pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051) Yeast-Ale
Add a small amount of Pineapple Extract that (I would have made) at bottling.
Any ideas or suggestions?