Small batch

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Hi all,

I am new to this forum and new to home brewing.
I'm about to do my first brew and I wanted to know how small a a batch I can brew.
I found a recipe that doesn't look too hard and I scaled it down from 6 gallons to a fifth of that which is about 1.18gallons = 4.5L.
I have scaled back all the ingredients to a fifth of the original recipe.

My question is, is that too small a batch? I anticipate that my first couple of batches won't be very good so I'd rather do it on a small scale but I don't know if a large portion of the water will evaporate.

Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks!
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[BallisticGourd]

There's a bunch of people who do one gallon batches around here, just make sure you're fermenter has a good blow off tube or a decent amount of headspace to keep the mess under control.

 

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Thanks!

 

[Bamsdealer]

Absolutely. I'd recommend dry yeast. It will be easier to estimate, handle and store the unused portion..

 

[woozy]

I've heard urban legends of people brewing individual pints of beers.

There's no theoretical lower limit. There might be some *practical* limits (evaporation) but as long as the volume is large enough to collect in a vessel rather than lay in a puddle on the floor it should be brewable. It might difficult to brew less than 1/2 a cup.

I have no evidence for this but I imagine a 1 gallon batch (8 bottles +) is the second most popular batch size.

 

[jc5066]

Don't assume you're first batches won't be good.