6274 posts later...can we revisit the idea of a dedicated section for 1 gallon brewers?
AZCoolerBrewer, you mean the blow off tube should be deeper inside the fermenter? I was thinking you want as little tube inside the fermenter.
No, I rack the batch into a pot (basically a bottling bucket with no spigot) then bulk prime with a measured amount of sugar (which has been boiled in a small amount of water). You'll want to be accurate with the measurements here as a few grams makes all the difference. Then stir gently but thoroughly and siphon into each bottle. Believe it or not, siphoning into the bottles with a hose is actually easier and faster than a spigot and bottling wand once you get the hang of it. If you use a soft silicone hose you just pinch the hose to control or stop the flow.Sadu: How are you setting carbonation levels? By measuring sugar into each bottle?
I'm thinking about making a couple of 1g test brews shortly. FWIW, I'll post my Dunkelweizen recipe here if anyone wants to have a go.
Sadu: Which calculator are you using to determine how much sugar?
I'm still using the BBS method of about 3tbsp/1 cup of boiled water which gets added to the one gallon of wort, in a similar method you're using.
This is maybe an odd thing to ask in a one gallon thread but here goes anyway.
I have been brewing one gallon batches for six months now and will definitely be continuing to do so. Two of the things that attracted me to this approach to brewing were the very small amount of special equipment needed and the fact that I could try lost of different recipes.
However, I have found a couple of beers that I would like to brew in larger batches - 1 gallon just doesn't last long enough! So I am wondering how I might scale up without having to buy loads of kit that won't be used very often. At the moment I mash in a stockpot in my oven and use the same pot for my boil. My pot is just big enough for a one gallon batch but no more. I am wondering whether I could mash and boil a larger grain and hop bill in my current pot to produce a wort with a higher SG and then add cooled boiled water to dilute it down to a larger batch with the target OG?
Any thoughts?
Chugging along brewing small batches. I've been shooting for 1.25 gallons in the fermentor so I get a solid 12pack. But now that I am feeling confident in my brewing skills, at least enough to justify an increased equipment spend, I am considering the SS Brewtech 2.5g kit.
Anybody have any thoughts/ or experience with SS Brewtech? Either with their small batch kit or just in general? The kit is a chunk of cash, but I think it would be worth it.
Super rookie question. Stove top 1 gallon brew. During the mash do you keep a lid on the pot? I have done 3 all grains and everytime I have used the proper amount of liquid for the mash and the sparge and by the time I bottle I'm getting 6-7 beers. I assume I'm losing too much liquid to evaporation during the boil. Thoughts?
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