Advice on brewing small batches...?

[Twtr25]

So I'm getting married in July, and I was thinking about what I would get my groomsmen for the wedding.

Here's my thoughts...I would brew each one of them some of their favorite kind of beer (IPA, Belgian Wheat, Amber, etc.), give them anywhere from 12-24 bottles of it, and also build them their very own wooden 6-pack carrier.

Here's what advice I'm looking for: How would you recommend I go about making batches that small if I'm doing extract brew? I've only done extract brewing, and I'm not so sure I have the equipment (or knowledge) to do anything else. Would it be easier to use another method?

Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[SauceBoss]

I would look into getting smaller fermenters and simply modify the extract recipe so that you can accommodate the smaller fermenters.

If I were you, I would just brew standard batches and keep the left over beers for yourself

 

[Zamial]

You can do small 1 gallon batches, same as a 5 gallon batch just divide the recipe by 5. You can ferment inside 1 gallon jugs same as any other fermentation. That will get you 1-6 pack each.

Unless you really want to do a wooden carrier, I would make them a customized pint or mug. You can get the glasses from Dollar Tree and etching cream is cheap.

 

[elvestinkle]

I currently brew on my stovetop using a 3-gallon kettle, and it yields about a case and change doing a partial boil (usually I use between 0.5-1 gallon top-up in fermenter, depending on my target OG). If I had I 5-gallon, I'd easily be able to do big beers, but 5% is well within my reach as it is. I use a 6 gallon fermenter, and it works equally well for 3 gallon batches as it does for 5

So if you have a 3-gallon stockpot, you're golden. The 3-gallon Better Bottle is not a bad thing to use for these, if you scale it down to a 2.5 gallon batch, and it would make a nice gift to get them brewing too