Less than 5 gallon batches

[owentp]

Are there recipes out there for using a total batch of less than 5 gallons?

 

[Joppo]

Are there recipes out there for using a total batch of less than 5 gallons?

You can scale the 5gal recipes down.

 

[BendBrewer]

I'm sure there are but you can just do the math and convert any recipe to any size batch.

 

[owentp]

multiply ingredients by what you want divide by original batch amount recipe? What about the water.....same thing?

 

[BendBrewer]

Yeah, more or less.

 

[owentp]

Thanks. Don't want to spend $$$ and have a larger batch not turn out until I am more experienced.

 

[BendBrewer]

Thanks. Don't want to spend $$$ and have a larger batch not turn out until I am more experienced.

I wouldn't worry about that and besides, it against the rules to worry. You'll enjoy your first batch and you'll be bummed that you don't have more of it.

 

[TapeDeck]

I was thinking it might be kinda cool to be able to do smaller batches too. Like, if I have a 5 gallon boil pot, and want to do 2.5 gallons of beer, into a 3 gallon carboy, it would theoretically all be possible indoors on my stovetop and sink, instead of brewing outdoors.

Apart from not making a massive quantity of beer... it would seem to be a fun thing to do. Would anyone have reason to REGRET an additional small carboy? I could imagine that being super useful for experimenting. Like bottling some direct from the primary, and then putting the rest in a secondary to see if it makes a dramatic difference... making one batch into 2 kinds of beer (stout and coffee stout, for example.)

I can see what seem to be obvious reasons to have a second set of toys for brewing smaller batches indoors.

And then BLAM.

That's how it starts, right? (Beer Gear Acquisition Syndrome/BeerGAS)

Well, there's no price on a good time.