Making one gallon from five gallon recipe kit?

[chuck75000]

Hi all,

I am new to brewing and only have the set-up for one gallon. If I purchase a 5-gallon recipe, can I divide everything by 5 and brew with the same results? Thanks for any tips on this. It just seems that most recipe kits come in 5-gallon batches.

 

[RM-MN]

Yes, recipes scale just fine. The problem might be dividing the hops evenly between the 5 batches.

 

[AdamGrose]

Fortunately, companies are starting to offer 1 gallon kits for those of us that brew 1 gallon batches. That being said, i have successfully divided up 5 gallon kits into smaller batches (two 2.5 gallon batches the last time, if I remember correctly.) Happy brewing!

Adam

 

[Knightshade]

Just keep in mind that your grain bill ratios will be off if they grind it all up and throw it into one bag.

This was aggravating enough for me to start visiting my LHBS and getting the specific grains for the size batch I’m interested in. Or, looking at the kit recipe, doing the math and ordering ingredients as needed for the batch size.

 

[Ayzala]

^This^
I agree, splitting a 5 gallon into 5-1 gallon batches when the grains are crushed and mixed is not going to work. When you order the kit, send a note to keep the grains separate and you're good to go.