I just finished my first partial mash on Sunday and it's fermenting right now. It was a 1 gallon Brewer's best kit. It was easier than I thought it would be. Last night I bottled up a 2 gal stout extract kit that came with the Mr. Beer that got me pushed down this slope. So, as I was in bed last night obsessively thinking about what to brew next, I thought why don't I try to take a recipe from Brewer's Friend or Brewfather and scale it down to a 2 gallon recipe and use the LBK that came with the Mr. Beer kit as the fermenter. I have a good LHBS near my office and I'm sure I can get all the DME, grains, hops and yeast there.
When I was browsing for recipes last night I didn't really see any 2 gallons for beers I would want to brew. My questions are:
1. will it scale in a linear fashion or is there a suggested way to scale recipes up/down?
2. If it is a recipe with a sparging step but I'm not sparging out of convenience (5.5 gal brew kettle should be fine for a full volume boil with a final volume of 2 gal, right?), how do I adjust the steps/mash time?
3. Any issues with using the LBK? Any way I should think about modifying it? I'm sure there are better options for primary fermenters but I have it already and I feel silly not to use it to make more beer.
I'd love to try things beyond the normal kits, like a coffee cream ale, a chili chocolate stout, etc.
When I was browsing for recipes last night I didn't really see any 2 gallons for beers I would want to brew. My questions are:
1. will it scale in a linear fashion or is there a suggested way to scale recipes up/down?
2. If it is a recipe with a sparging step but I'm not sparging out of convenience (5.5 gal brew kettle should be fine for a full volume boil with a final volume of 2 gal, right?), how do I adjust the steps/mash time?
3. Any issues with using the LBK? Any way I should think about modifying it? I'm sure there are better options for primary fermenters but I have it already and I feel silly not to use it to make more beer.
I'd love to try things beyond the normal kits, like a coffee cream ale, a chili chocolate stout, etc.