How should I scale using several Brooklyn Beer Shop 1 gallon recipe kits at once?

[jkolar]

Hello everyone! First time poster here. I've brewed Brooklyn Beer Shop's 1 gallon kit a few times before. This time around I bought 3 ingredient kits and plan to brew all 3 at once for a 3 gallon batch. My question is, should I just multiply everything on the 1 gallon recipe by three? Three times as much water at each step? What about boiling time, should I keep that the same? I don't want to screw this up, thanks!

 

[hehawbrew]

Yep, you got it!

Same boil time , additions , etc.

It's obviously going to take longer to cool down tho.

Which kit?

I started with BBS kits. I eventually just bought their book. You can save $$$ by buying grain at LHBS. 5 gal cost me 35$ to 40 depending on the grain amounts.

Good luck! Let us know how it works!

 

[spam_and_eggs]

Yup, I started by brewing their Everyday IPA in two gallon batches and all I did was double everything. I bought all my stuff from the LHBS instead of buying the kits though. How did yours all turn out? My one so far turned out fairly decent, although I've only tasted one bottle so far.

 

[freisste]

All of the ingredients are scaled by three and all of the times are equivalent. Your yeast
Pitch should be scaled up, but the kit likely has you over pitching, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you bought three individual kits, pitch all the yeast they gave you.

Where are you guys getting your recipes? I've tried finding what BBS puts in their kits and I can't find it.

 

[hehawbrew]

I've done the everyday IPA, the Irish red, chocolate maple porter, rye pa, WGD lite, simcoe IPA, the simcoe IPA but with Citra hops, and currently have their brown ale that needs to be bottled. All have been good!

 

[hehawbrew]

All of the ingredients are scaled by three and all of the times are equivalent. Your yeast
Pitch should be scaled up, but the kit likely has you over pitching, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you bought three individual kits, pitch all the yeast they gave you.

Where are you guys getting your recipes? I've tried finding what BBS puts in their kits and I can't find it.

I bought their book for like 10 or 12 bux.

If there is a recipe you want and it's my book, I can take a screen shot and post it

 

[freisste]

I bought their book for like 10 or 12 bux.

If there is a recipe you want and it's my book, I can take a screen shot and post it

I appreciate the offer. I was curious about the smoked wheat kit they have. I don't believe it is in the book. Thanks, though.

Edit: Sorry to hijack the thread. OP, have all your questions been answered?

 

[jkolar]

Thank you for the replies! Bevmo had the Bourbon Dubbel kits on sale for only $5 each !!! I bought 3 of them when I was there the other day. Unfortunately I think the pots I have are too small for 3 packs, so I'm going to try 2 this time. The other times I did the 1 gallon batches of IPA and they turned out great, probably the best tasting IPA I've ever had. I really want to get more into home-brewing and increasing the batch sizes seems like a good step to take now. Thanks again! Looking forward to doing this batch tomorrow!

 

[jkolar]

My next investment will probably be buying a 20+ quart pot. From what I've researched, that would be enough for a 5 gallon batch of brew right? I already have a 6 gallon glass carboy which I've been making large batches of wine using welches grape juice. The wine turned out great, over 20% according to my hydrometer which maxes out at 20% hahah!!

 

[freisste]

My next investment will probably be buying a 20+ quart pot. From what I've researched, that would be enough for a 5 gallon batch of brew right? I already have a 6 gallon glass carboy which I've been making large batches of wine using welches grape juice. The wine turned out great, over 20% according to my hydrometer which maxes out at 20% hahah!!

Well, yes and no. You will not be able to boil 5 gallons in a 5 gallon pot, so you cannot do full boils (boiling maybe 6 gallons down to 5 and then cooling the whole thing). But you can boil about 3.5, then add top off water to reach your desired density. This is good and bad news. Bad in that many day full volume boils produce better beer. Good in that many can't tell any effects from a partial boil and good in that partial boils are WAY easier to cool. You can cool your small volume much faster and top of with cold water to get to pitching temps fast. This is one of the reasons I have avoided full volume boils.

 

[hehawbrew]

Get a turkey fryer at Home Depot. Comes with burner and pot. 60$ I think.