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Small batch brewing
#1
Posted 13 August 2022 - 08:29 PM
Would it be worth it to brew small batches here and there, like a gallon at a time? Looking at an extract kit that comes with all the ingredients and equipment id need to get started back up and then a 1.25 gallon mini keg that takes the CO2 cartridges. Initial buy in would be about $175 for everything and then after that just the cost of ingredients.
I could always expand later but that’s unlikely, this might be the way to go for me. What do you guys think?
#2
Posted 14 August 2022 - 03:41 AM
In any event maybe one of those table top automated systems is a good fit for you. Have you considered that?
#3
Posted 14 August 2022 - 05:03 AM
Kettle, bag, fermenter is all you really need. Use kviek yeast and pitch at 100 and you will be finished fermenting in a couple of days.
#4
Posted 14 August 2022 - 08:10 AM
#5
Posted 14 August 2022 - 08:14 AM
The majority of my active time is cleaning and sanitizing. You'll save some time doing smaller batches I guess. I get that you can heat and cool smaller volumes more quickly but I usually just do other stuff while that's going on.
In any event maybe one of those table top automated systems is a good fit for you. Have you considered that?
I didn’t even realize such a thing existed but I’ll look it up on the googles…
#6
Posted 14 August 2022 - 09:27 AM
Really that quick?
Grain to glass in under a week.
#7
Posted 14 August 2022 - 09:30 AM
Grain to glass in under a week.
Nice
#8
Posted 14 August 2022 - 11:20 AM
I do 2-3 gal. AG batches in around 2 hours with a 20 min., mash and 20 min. boil
#9
Posted 14 August 2022 - 11:58 AM
My last 2-gallon extract batch:
20-Minute Hefeweizen
2.25 lb. Breiss Bavarian Wheat DME (65% Wheat/35% Barley)
0.75 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA) @ 20 minutes
20-minute boil in a 3-gallon stainless steel stock pot on a 1500W portable induction burner. Fermented with a half-pack of Danstar Munich Classic dry yeast. (Be sure to use Munich CLASSIC, not just Munich)
Approx. 20 IBU, Approx. 5% ABV.
Quick. Minimal equipment.
Next time (it's been a while, but I keep telling myself there WILL be a next time!), I'm going to try BIAB All-Grain and control the mash temp with a Sous Vide stick. Same pot and burner for the boil.
#10
Posted 14 August 2022 - 12:32 PM
I didn’t even realize such a thing existed but I’ll look it up on the googles…
I'm surprised Denny hasn't piped up on this already.
#11
Posted 14 August 2022 - 12:40 PM
#12
Posted 14 August 2022 - 12:44 PM
Anvil makes a 6.5-Gallon all-in-one system that brews 2.5-3 gallon batches.
https://www.anvilbre...com/foundry-6-5
(I think their prices are up since I last looked at it...)
Edited by jimdkc, 14 August 2022 - 12:45 PM.
#13
Posted 14 August 2022 - 01:19 PM
Anvil makes a 6.5-Gallon all-in-one system that brews 2.5-3 gallon batches.
https://www.anvilbre...com/foundry-6-5
(I think their prices are up since I last looked at it...)
Looks around... Not just them!
#14
Posted 15 August 2022 - 11:58 AM
Kettle, bag, fermenter is all you really need. Use kviek yeast and pitch at 100 and you will be finished fermenting in a couple of days.
100?
#15
Posted 15 August 2022 - 11:58 AM
100?
Yes
#16
Posted 15 August 2022 - 12:18 PM
100 what? sorry, i've been out of the game and was never a good brewer when i was in the game!
#17
Posted 15 August 2022 - 01:04 PM
100 what? sorry, i've been out of the game and was never a good brewer when i was in the game!
Degrees Fahrenheit, sorry.
#18
Posted 15 August 2022 - 04:58 PM
#19
Posted 15 August 2022 - 05:32 PM
That seems awful hot.
These types of yeast like it.
#20
Posted 15 August 2022 - 05:37 PM
Ordered a starter kit that contains the ingredients for an all grain one gallon Hefeweizen, 1 gallon glass fermenter and all the other little things and a one gallon growler keg with the faucet and CO2 inlet built in. I'm going to convert that to take the soda stream bottles. I'll run out to walmart and grab a small stock pot and try to find a small electric burner so I can brew out in my garage. I'm $150.00 in right now probably wont be more than $200 total by the time I'm done shopping.
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