I successfully brewed my first small batch (1 gallon), extract IPA. This beer came out so good I now want to scale up this recipe to 5 gallons. I used online software to scale up the ingredients but I'm not sure if the Boil time should change. The small batch recipe (1 lb. single malt, 1 oz. single hop) calls for a 15 minute total boil time. When you scale up a recipe does the boil time have to scale up with it? I'll be using 6.6 times the water, extract and hops.
I'm assuming that if I don't want additional bitterness, a 15 minute boil on a 5 gallon batch is sufficient to sanitize the wort and give me the same flavor/bitterness profile I achieved with the 1 gallon batch. Am I wrong?
I'm assuming that if I don't want additional bitterness, a 15 minute boil on a 5 gallon batch is sufficient to sanitize the wort and give me the same flavor/bitterness profile I achieved with the 1 gallon batch. Am I wrong?
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