Hi everyone - I am a newbie to home brewing. I have brewed two batches so far, an imperial IPA and a kolsch and they seem to have come out well so far! I want to get into kegging so I've done lots of research but first, I think I would like to brew half-batches. We don't really drink a lot of beer in our house (my wife might have 1 bottle a week) and I haven't really had the opportunity to give out too many bottles to friends and neighbors. I don't want to drop all the way down to 1 gallon kits so the half-batches seem right in the sweet spot.
I would really like to brew some half-batches and so far I have been brewing from extracts. Are there kits out there for half-batches? Or do I basically take a full batch and halve it if I can? I know Northern Brewer sells 3 gallon BIAB kits but I'm not sure if I'm ready to leave extracts.
My second question is for kegging the half-batches. Which one is preferable, 2.5 gallon or 3 gallon kegs? And in terms of assembling the equipment, I assume the regulator is just a standard regulator, i.e. there is no 2.5g or 3.0g regulator? And same thing with the CO2 tank?
Thanks so much!
I would really like to brew some half-batches and so far I have been brewing from extracts. Are there kits out there for half-batches? Or do I basically take a full batch and halve it if I can? I know Northern Brewer sells 3 gallon BIAB kits but I'm not sure if I'm ready to leave extracts.
My second question is for kegging the half-batches. Which one is preferable, 2.5 gallon or 3 gallon kegs? And in terms of assembling the equipment, I assume the regulator is just a standard regulator, i.e. there is no 2.5g or 3.0g regulator? And same thing with the CO2 tank?
Thanks so much!