What's the smallest batch of beer you've made?

[Dirk7728]

My wife came home with a few brown glass 1 gallon jugs. They remind me of the old moonshine jugs, have the finger hole and everything. Anyways I looked at these and said "I could make beer in those"

Has anyone tried to make small batches of beer? (other than our starters lol)

 

[jonmohno]

Alot of us do.Nothing new.Try and brew.Sam I am.not. My smallest was a 1 gal in a 2 gallon bucket.I made mistakes and turned out to be an ok winey-beer.

 

[befus]

Two gallons for me, but I see a lot on one gallon jugs with ferm locks on them in posts here and elsewhere.

 

[Grossy]

.5 gallon SMASH, in a 1 gallon pickle jar.

 

[pelipen]

Currently have two 3/4 gallon going now. Great for "what if" experiments, or "i bet I could ferment that"

 

[localhost]

Unintentionally, 3 gallons. Turned out great (and it was an IPA)

 

[demagxc]

Just transferred a 1 gallon experimental batch on top of a pound of rhubarb. Got to love those Carlo Rossi wine jugs!

 

[jbsg02]

If I ever did a 1 gallon batch, it would have to be an extract brew. no way could I put the time, effort, an money into an all grain batch that would only yield me a gallon.

 

[DannPM]

0.5 ounces, unintentional Kansas plambic

 

[Sentinel]

I am at some point going to try ferment a 5 gallon batch in 5 1gal jugs to experiment. Makes for quicker experimenting with yeasts and temps.

 

[Calichusetts]

I will have over 50 batches of 1 gallon brews done this year after fathers day. LOVE 1 gallon. Easy to manage, plenty of room, and the experimentation has made me grow leaps and bounds this year as a brewer.

I've even got the go ahead to get whatever I need for 5 gallon batches from SWMBO but I doubt I will go above 3 gallons. I like stovetop brewing and not all experiments go as planned, I don't know what I would do if I ever ended up with close to 50 bottles of crappy beer.