Why did you increase your batch size?

[HickoryMike]

After 3 months of brewing 5g batches I found myself constantly frustrated that my beer went so quickly. I drink it, my wife drinks it, my friends drink it....my beer is lucky to survive a month on the shelf. I have always imagined having a multitude of different beers in my fridge--instead I find that as soon as a new batch is ready to drink, the batch before it is gone.

Soooo, I am making the jump to 10g batches. I just finished mounting my hardware to my keggle. One day I might actually be able to offer a selection of homebrews, rather than just being able to offer my most recent brew.

 

[BrewBarron]

Great thread guys, thanks for all your input,

I think I am leaning towards buying a 15 gallon BK to add to my (2) 10 gallon cooler set up. This way, I have plenty of room for 5 gallon batches, and have the ability to brew a 10 gallon batch if I want. If I later decide that I want to brew more 10 gallon batches in the future, I then have the option of turning my Bk into a 15 gallon HLT, then upgrading my BK to 20 gallons. Does anyone see any issues with that?

 

[weirdboy]

Economy of scale. I have started buying grain and hops in bulk, and washing yeast. I con do a 10 gallon batch for about $25.

So? I can do a 5 gallon batch for $12. I don't see how the batch size enters into the economy of scale thing, unless you're REALLY scaling up.

 

[sully]

lets be honest people you dont need any reason to brew more. however there are many reasons.

 

[OMJ]

I have a keggle 15.5 gallons and I started doing 10 gallon batches cause its not anymore work really and I have more beer. I have lots of people at my house drinking my kegs and I got my dad a kegerator for christmas so I have to supply him with kegs now too. If I didnt do 10 gallons batches I wouldnt get to drink much of my own brew