New brewer

[Jrdlish]

Converting a 5 gal recipe to a 1 gal recipe. Can this be done as simply as dividing by 5, or is it more complex than that.

 

[roastquake]

It's just that easy, I just switched over to one gallon from five just because I live in a place that is too small for all the beer I've brewed. But once you find one you love, you'll want to upgrade

 

[mcwilcr]

I think this can generally be considered the case but there is a lot of discussion on here about the topic from smaller batch brewers. Look here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/1-gallon-brewers-unite-311884/

 

[Jrdlish]

Ya some of the recipes don't say how much yeast. So how would you figure out how much to add?

 

[roastquake]

Packaged yeast is designed for 5 gallons. If you use liquid, just pitch the whole vial/pack and dont try to save it. If you use dry yeast you can pitch a 1/5 and save the rest if you are careful to guard against infection ( sanitize the pack before opening and put the open pack in a sanitized, air-tight container in the fridge). I pitch entire packages all the time and never had a problem with off-flavors.

 

[mcwilcr]

you can always use the mr. malty pitch rate calculator at mrmalty.com.