megadave5000
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Hey everyone,
I was going to get my hands on some 1gallon glass jugs to do some sub-5 gallon batches. I understand the scalability of the ingredients, but what about boil times?
For instance, if a recipe called for 10oz of hops in a 5gal batch, you would need 2oz in a 1 gallon batch. Likewise with the malt.
My question has to do with the time of the boils and the additions of hops and other ingredients. If a standard boil is 60min long for 5 gallons, do I figure 60 / 5 = 12 minutes per gallon? So a 2.5 gallon batch should boil for 30 minutes?
Also if you add, say 5 oz of hops at 15 min (standard 5 gallon batch example with 60 min boil), would I add 2.5 oz of hops at 7 min 30 seconds in a 2.5 gallon batch and 1oz of hops at the 3 min mark for a 1gallon batch?
Thanks,
Dave
I was going to get my hands on some 1gallon glass jugs to do some sub-5 gallon batches. I understand the scalability of the ingredients, but what about boil times?
For instance, if a recipe called for 10oz of hops in a 5gal batch, you would need 2oz in a 1 gallon batch. Likewise with the malt.
My question has to do with the time of the boils and the additions of hops and other ingredients. If a standard boil is 60min long for 5 gallons, do I figure 60 / 5 = 12 minutes per gallon? So a 2.5 gallon batch should boil for 30 minutes?
Also if you add, say 5 oz of hops at 15 min (standard 5 gallon batch example with 60 min boil), would I add 2.5 oz of hops at 7 min 30 seconds in a 2.5 gallon batch and 1oz of hops at the 3 min mark for a 1gallon batch?
Thanks,
Dave