Britinusa said:I started with 1 gallon kits, and was disappointed when I only got 10 bottles from a batch, I figured if im spending 5+ hours brewing I may as well make a larger batch.
So I'm getting ready to start brewing should I start by buying mr.beer kit or get a kit from LHBS I want to start out with a small batches first any help is appreciated
You will be suprised how fast five gallons goes, especially when you share with friends.
mttfrog13 said:If you don't want to do 5 gallons I would do 3 gallon batches. I'd get a 5 gallon better bottle carboy for a primary and a 3 gallon better bottle for the secondary.
The only problem is that you won't be able to buy kits and you'd have a little less beer. I'm sure you could get recipes or help from people on scaling down recipes and eventually you'll be able to do it yourself. Also, unless you plan on giving away most of your beer, 30 beers are fine, especially if you plan on still buying some beer from the store.
The advantages are...
1. Save time on heating water
2. Save time on bottling
3. Get better yeast pitching rates
4. More opportunity for experimentation since you will have less beer
5. You'll be able to easily do a full boil on the stove
6. You won't have to use extract. You'd easily be able to do a BIAB method on the stove
7. If you ever decide you want to brew larger batches, you could easily buy a 6 gallon carboy as a primary and use the 5 gallon carboy as the secondary.
check out smallbatchbrewing.wordpress.com
Enter your email address to join: