Taking a 5 gallon extract or partial mash kit and then splitting it into 2 separate fermentors, any issues?

[TsunamiMike]

So I have a friend that has 2 brew demon fermentation tanks and has only brewed 1 and 2 gallon kits. He does not have any way to ferment the full 5 gallon batch, is their a way to make the wort, cool the wort and split it into the two vessels. Then I was thinking he would split the yeast and pitch while they are in their own vessels.

Thoughts? Has anyone doing this?

 

[VikeMan]

Yes, split batches are a fairly common thing.

is their a way to make the wort, cool the wort and split it into the two vessels. Then I was thinking he would split the yeast and pitch while they are in their own vessels.

Yes, you can produce the wort in a single batch, then split it. You can also pitch two different yeast strains if you want, or dry hop one half of the batch but not the other.

 

[Kahler]

Absolutely!
Adding a different yeast to each is awesome.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

One could also steep grains in a side-pot, pasteurize, and add this to one of the fermenters. There are a number of additional ideas (that I haven't tried) in the book Brewing Engineering (I rarely, if ever, see those additional ideas mentioned here).