Scaling recipes

[BadKarma]

In your experience, can you scale your batches down by half?
What I mean is, can I cut all ingredients by half to make a half batch?

5 gallons a bit much for just me.

Thanks all

 

[madscientist451]

Yes, it works like that. However, if you go from homebrew recipes to large scale commercial batches you have to make some adjustments.

 

[BadKarma]

Thanks. Going back up wouldn't be a problem, the biggest batch I would make would 2 1/2 gal.

 

[DosGatosBrewing]

"5 gallons a bit much for just me" - right now!

Cheers!

 

[BadKarma]

Over the years, I took my beer brewing to 5 gal. all grain batches. But I found I was supplying my nephew's with beer. So I started scaling back my batches. Even got down to 1 gallon brews.

I've been away from brewing for several years and had a lot of life issues occur. This year, I found I had kidney failure and now have a lot of time on my hands and a large array of brewing equipment, so....what better time to rediscover an old hobby. Mead and cider are gonna be my main focus. I'm finding that a lot of beer and ales being brewed anymore are way over hopped for my taste