1 Gal. batch AG system

I love the new AG mashtun I made for my 1 gal batches. Its cheap and easy. It works well when I want to brew but don't have much time or much money. Takes up no space. Its just a 2 gal. igloo legend round cooler. I have to wrap it in a blankets to keep temp. I put in a 3/8" ball valve and bulkhead. I used 12" of braided SS. I first used 4" of braided SS but got a stuck sparge. Lesson learned. Waiting to see what the eff. is. Oh ya its a red cooler.

 

I made the same set up a while ago but I haven't used it yet. do you have a good 1gallon recipe? Do you just scale down your regular recipes?

 

Why?


10 Char

 

why not?

ten char char

 

Ditto..

That's like stopping to put $2 worth of gas in your car...

 

Its good to test out ingredints too. Say I want to try a peanut butter stout, I might need to try a few different brands before I get what I want. Or say I want to brew a bourbon porter when its time to bottle and add the bourbon I only need to add 2oz instead of 10 oz. After all I'm not Bill Gates!!! LOL!!!
I took mt 3 hours from start (getting all the stuff together) to the last pot cleaned. Its easier to get the SWMBO's blessing when I don't have to tell her that it will take 6 or 8 hours.

 

This might be a slight hijack, but...

What do you ferment in? I have thought about doing some small test batches of a couple of experimental ideas, but I don't know what I would use to ferment a 1 or 2 gal batch in.

 

I use the 1 gal Carlo Rossi wine jugs. You can buy them from most brew stores too!

 

Most Homebrew stores or websites have 2 gal buckets. That's what I use for my Apfelwein.

 

x2 on the Rossi wine jugs.