5gal batch or more?

[nilo]

what is your batch size and what was your "business case" to upgrade?
I do 5gals and think that I'm past due to an upgrade to 10gals or more. Just can't have enough brew to my own consumption (a little sharing sometimes)

 

[ChandlerBrewery]

I bought bigger (10 gal) than I needed for a couple of reasons:

I wanted to make my own equipment - and the most common kegs are 16.5 gal.

I've always been told that upgrading is expensive (even in the pro world) and to buy as big as you can afford, and have room for growth.

 

[dfess1]

I do 10 gal. Business case? I bought a 15 gal blichmann to do full boils in. Then we decided to go all grain and bought two more 15 gallon pots (not blichmans, not that rich). It's nice being able to play with two "beers", splitting the wort between two carboys and messing with yeast and additions.

 

[theonetrueruss]

5 gallons just ran out to darn fast. Also, when I bought my kettle I went with 15G so going to 10G is no big deal. I do make 5G batches of some things still though.

 

[ksbrain]

I have been a dual batch 5 gallon guy. Now I don't brew as often, so I'm venturing more into the larger volumes. I can still only boil and ferment in 5 gallon sizes, so I'm making smaller beers but in larger volumes.

In fact, this weekend, I'm making 8 gallons of brown ale, meant to come out around 5%. By maxing out my mash tun at 15#, using a little corn sugar, and diluting post-boil (pre-fermentation) to 2 x four gallon batches in five gallon carboys, I think it will work nicely.

 

[Bigcorona]

New brewer. I received a 15 gal Mega pot with a false bottom for Christmas. The plan was to start out with 5 gal batches until I understood the process. I calculated the strike water at 4 gal and put it in the pot to heat. It barley covered the false bottom and was several inches below the thermometer. I quickly decided to up the trial to 10 gal, and have remained at 10 gal batches. Very happy at this size.