eandersen
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For the past 6 months or so my living situation has not allowed me to brew....this will FINALLY be changing in the next two weeks or so. I plan on getting a few extract batches under my belt to get back into the swing of things, measure boil off rates on the new stove, etc. then get an all grain setup going.
You may have noticed that I said STOVE, so likely at least for the winter I will be limited to 2.5/3 gallon batches. I plan on essentially doing this just like a full 5 gallon batch but I'm sure there are issues that I am overlooking. Can I use a 10 gallon cooler for a mash tun to allow for future larger batches? Will I run into efficiency issues with a scaled down recipe?
Basically I'm asking for anything that I may not have thought of when doing a smaller than 5 gallon batch that could cause me trouble, so that I don't have any surprises on the first AG day.
Thanks
You may have noticed that I said STOVE, so likely at least for the winter I will be limited to 2.5/3 gallon batches. I plan on essentially doing this just like a full 5 gallon batch but I'm sure there are issues that I am overlooking. Can I use a 10 gallon cooler for a mash tun to allow for future larger batches? Will I run into efficiency issues with a scaled down recipe?
Basically I'm asking for anything that I may not have thought of when doing a smaller than 5 gallon batch that could cause me trouble, so that I don't have any surprises on the first AG day.
Thanks