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You can pretty much do the math yourself. Everything can be scaled by 1/5. But there are a few recipe websites that will automatically scale. Brewgr.com Brewtoad.com

Temperature could be an issue. But you could try adding a couple of grains of dry yeast to each bottle and re-cap them. I'm assuming you used enough drops. I'm not really familiar with the priming rate for the drops.

No reason why a used one would be problematic. But if you're looking for a PET carboy there are a ton of other options available besides Better Bottle.

I mostly make German lagers and English ales these days. I use mostly nobles and EKG. I do have a house single hop APA that I make from time to time. I typically rotate through a variety of American hops for that one since the specific hop isn't critical to the recipe.

The one drawback is that you already cleared the beer. Now you are adding back hops. You are going to have floaters in your beer. But yes you can dry hop at room temp.

Cold steeping doesn't have to be in the fridge. It can simply be at room temp. It's typically used for dark grain to reduce bitterness. I've done it. It works fine. Although I have wondered about whether or not it's really necessary to steep for as long as 24 hours.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. Placed an order on 10-23 and didn't hear anything from them until I contacted them a week later. They said they something about being particularly busy at that time and that my order was ready to ship except they didn't have the DME I had ordered and it would...

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I have a 5 gal and a 10 gal mash tun. Both have stainless braids for lautering and 3/8 in ports. I've also replaced the braids in both. I've moved on to a 3 kettle system and don't use these that often. Looking to get $55 for the 5 gal, $75 for the 10 gal. Yes you can build them a little...

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