Hello all,
I've brewed 6 extract batches so far, but have been upgrading my equipment and process along the way (just added a stir plate and temp controlled fermentation freezer to my setup for my last batch). I washed the yeast from my last pale ale and wanted to try my hand at BIAB brewing. My limiting factor right now is that I only have a 5 gallon pot and I think that the most I can boil on my stove is about 3.5 gallons anyway, so until I upgrade my kettle and burner I'm limited to this.
My problem is that I'm completely lost in how to build a recipe (or where to find a recipe) for a small batch BIAB. I don't even know how big of a recipe I could do...I'm guessing that if I can boil 3.5 gallons I might be able to do a 2.5 gallon BIAB batch. Is this pretty close (assuming I can boil sparge water in a couple of smaller pots)?
Can anyone help me out by pointing me in the right direction? I've read a bunch of threads but still feel pretty lost on how to go about this. If it helps, I'd probably like to do some sort of IPA or something to make use of the American Ale II yeast I washed last week.
Thanks,
John
I've brewed 6 extract batches so far, but have been upgrading my equipment and process along the way (just added a stir plate and temp controlled fermentation freezer to my setup for my last batch). I washed the yeast from my last pale ale and wanted to try my hand at BIAB brewing. My limiting factor right now is that I only have a 5 gallon pot and I think that the most I can boil on my stove is about 3.5 gallons anyway, so until I upgrade my kettle and burner I'm limited to this.
My problem is that I'm completely lost in how to build a recipe (or where to find a recipe) for a small batch BIAB. I don't even know how big of a recipe I could do...I'm guessing that if I can boil 3.5 gallons I might be able to do a 2.5 gallon BIAB batch. Is this pretty close (assuming I can boil sparge water in a couple of smaller pots)?
Can anyone help me out by pointing me in the right direction? I've read a bunch of threads but still feel pretty lost on how to go about this. If it helps, I'd probably like to do some sort of IPA or something to make use of the American Ale II yeast I washed last week.
Thanks,
John