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No, my original recipe kit was five gallons. I am going up to eleven gallons. Increased the amount of hops to go with the larger batch, but it doubled the IBU from the original batch.

Great comments, very helpful. I guess the part that I still don't understand though is how you can increase your IBUs with a larger boil. You cant increase salt content, or chicken stock flavor, ect. by adding more water to a boil. You get watered down flavor.

When I started out I bought an extract kit from Brewers Best and now I am trying to duplicate that recipe doing all grain. When I put my new recipe into the brew calculator I get 60 IBUs, where the original recipe was only 30. What am I doing wrong? Why does adding more volume to your boil...

I bought a bucket and lid from one of the websites, and it doesn't airlock. There is no gasket. I was disappointed and wont use it since I cant get a lid that will seal. I bought a bunch of stuff from a homebrewer at a yard sale and one of the things that he gave me was another fermentation...

I built a copper inner tube and plastic outer wort cooler, but I didn't really think ahead about how to keep the copper from turning green. How to you keep the copper in these coolers in good condition??

Newbie question Why is the same amount of yeast used for a five gallon batch as a ten? Shouldn't that be increased too??