11L batches

[Ryano2]

Hey guys,

I am thinking about getting a small 11L glass carboy to experiment with a beer recipes.

I'm just wondering can you just halve all of the extract recipes? Or what's the best way to make smaller batches?

I see Coopers have a heap of 9-11L batches with tins you can order from them? But I'm wondering what I can use if I head down to the local HBS.

[Otto Von Blotto]

If you halve the size of the batch then you simply halve all the ingredients as well. Easy. Except the yeast, just pitch the whole packet since storing open packets of yeast isn't really ideal.

[Ryano2]

Awesome, seems easy enough!

[jeremy-o]

My batches are about 9-11L. Basically I quickly moved to all grain because it's way easier to halve a grain bill than it is to halve tins of extracts and bags of powder... And you can easily brew up that much wort on a kitchen stovetop.

One thing you can do, if you are just experimenting a bit, is chuck in a whole can of something lightly hopped (like a draught or lager) and use it in a style that would be twice as bitter and a bit darker (like an ale). You'll probably want to dry hop it or add a hop tea, because the hop additions in kits don't provide much flavour, but it does work. I used a real ale kit pretty much on its own to make a very drinkable stout when I was strapped for time.

[Hermoor]

46 minutes ago, jeremy-o said:

My batches are about 9-11L. Basically I quickly moved to all grain because it's way easier to halve a grain bill than it is to halve tins of extracts and bags of powder... And you can easily brew up that much wort on a kitchen stovetop.

One thing you can do, if you are just experimenting a bit, is chuck in a whole can of something lightly hopped (like a draught or lager) and use it in a style that would be twice as bitter and a bit darker (like an ale). You'll probably want to dry hop it or add a hop tea, because the hop additions in kits don't provide much flavour, but it does work. I used a real ale kit pretty much on its own to make a very drinkable stout when I was strapped for time.

Now you have me thinking, a good way to start BIAB. This I could do in small batches

[DonPolo]

I also made a half ginger beer can, half dark ale can brew that went down very well.

[karlos_1984]

I used a can of real ale, 500g LDM, with a hop tea of 25g each of Centennial and Citra, made up to 12 ltrs with rehydrated kit yeast. Dry hopped with a further 25g each of Centennial and Citra. It's awesome. It's been in the bottle just over 3 weeks now and I'm loving it. It's sort of somewhere between a Cooper's ESVA and a Celebration ale I rkn. Ended up just over 6% ABV.