Recipe Ingredient Factoring

[timrussell]

Apologies in advance if this is discussed in another area here. I have searched but not yet found anything.

My question is in regard to ingredient factoring. I have a recipe I'd like to try and it is set up for 6 gallons. My current equipment however limits me to 5 gallons. Is it correct for me to assume that I can reduce all ingredient quantities by 1/6 to get a recipe that will yield 5 gallons of wort/beer?

This sounds correct to me (as it would work with cooking or baking recipes) but I want to be sure I'm not overlooking something.

Thanks

 

[Oldsock]

That is correct. There are some screwy things that happen with hop utilization in really large batches, but on the homebrew scale things scale linearly.

 

[timrussell]

Ok, thanks. This recipe is actually for a "big hops" beer recipe, but still a relatively low quantity...

 

[Oldsock]

Ok, thanks. This recipe is actually for a "big hops" beer recipe, but still a relatively low quantity...

Feel free to post the recipe if you want a second opinion. If you want lots of hop aromatics you are better off erring on the side of overdoing it.

 

[timrussell]

It's the Evil Twin recipe mentioned by MalFet here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/any-suggestions-next-batch-222350/

Makes sense to err on the side of over-hoping for aromatics. I guess factoring specifics will play into use of malt extracts more than for hops.

Thanks!