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Help please. I'd like to brew a "half" batch for this recipe. Please tell me how to decide upon weights for a bitterness between 25-30. Type: Pale Ale Volume (final): 2.5 gal Volume (boil): 3.0 gal OG: unknown IBUs: unknown Yeast: Safale S-05 (re-hydrated) Malts: Briess, LME, Pilsner...

Thanks everyone. Studying How to Brew (by John Palmer) and assembling the proper equipment. Need to build a fermenter cabinet in the garage, but it is on to the "brew" very shortly.

Thanks for the help. A follow-up (procedural) question. With a 5-gallon brew, I'd boil 2 gallons of water and pour it into the fermenter. Then boil 3 gallons for the wort. Now ... with a half (2.5 gallon) batch, do I just do one boil (2.5 gallon wort)? And will that affect the IBUs (flavors)?

Hello from Central Oregon. New to home brewing and getting ready to do my first batch. Is it possible (wise) to divide the recipe in half (brew 2.5 gallons rather than 5.0 gallons)? I'd like to brew one batch a month (try many recipes) but don't have enough friends to consume 48 bottles...