2.5 gallon esb

[Rickybobby17b]

So I found a recipe for a redhook ESB clone and I'm gonna give it a go Friday but the recipe (see below) is for a full 5 gal batch and I want to make a 2.5 gal batch due to space and equipment restraints so can I just cut everything in half and leave the brew times the same or no


Redhook ESB clone

five gallons, extract with grain; OG = 1.058 to 1.059; FG = 1.014 to 1.015; SRM = 13 IBUs = 31

Ingredients:

11 oz. U.S. crystal malt (60° Lovibond)
4 oz. U.S. Victory malt

4 lbs. Alexander’s pale malt extract syrup

3.5 lbs. Muntons extra-light dry malt extract

8 AAUs Willamette (2 oz. at 4% alpha acid) for 60 minutes (bittering)
2 AAUs Willamette (0.5 oz. at 4% alpha acid) for 15 minutes (flavor)
1 tsp. Irish moss for 15 minutes
4.5 AAUs Tettnanger (1 oz. 4.5% alpha acid) for 2 minutes (aroma)
Wyeast 1968 London ESB or White Labs WLP002 (English Ale)

 

[Riot]

Yes, you can halve all of the ingredients and leave the timings the same. It might not be identical due to the scaling, but it should turn out very close to intended.