sumbrewindude
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Never been this adventurous yet, but after a few more kits, I may start!
My lack of experience aside, since you have some more two-row, why not add that and make a two gallon batch that you split into two fermenters and try two different yeasts? That way you could use the WB-06 for fun!
That's the route I'd go - even if you stepped it up to a 1.5gal batch that's still an awful lot of roasted barley. Two gallons might cut it a little more evenly.
EricBW - Yeah, the neighbor's into those fancy sparkling water (CO2 infused artesian something from a pond in Italy or something), and he buys them by the case and gives me the empties. They'll hold pressure and are a true 1L, they're just green and not brown glass. That's a lot of beer for me to drink in an evening (and I don't drink that much), so I'm thinking I may need to stop down and get a 12 pack of Sierra Nevada and do some damage.
Hopsong - I use the 2Gal buckets, as I'm usually brewing 1.5Gal to make sure at the end of the whole fiasco I've got somewhere near a dozen 12oz bottles and a little extra for Murphy. I would like to see what's going in in there, though, so I've been looking at getting some food service 8qt transparent containers with lids instead of the white buckets. They cost a little more than the buckets, but they've got measurements already on them and are made from a different plastic than HDPE. I'll probably get a few to test out, but it's on the back burner for the moment.
Speaking of buckets, I need to grab a few more - bottling day approaches!
Anyone ever thought about using the 2.5gal mixing bucket from HD as a bottling bucket? It's graduated in both oz and mL, holds 10qt, is HDPE, and clear - beer's not going to be hanging out in it long, and I thought the measurements would be handy to have as you're doing bottles so you can get an idea of how much you need to adjust to fit the bottles you have...