1 gal Irish Red Ale recipe

[mibeersnob]

I’m new to the wonderful world of brewing beer, and have been reading a lot about the pros of brewing small batches - 1 gal in particular. I brewed a NB Irish Red Ale today, and wanted to copy down the recipe. However, the only indication of the grail bill is summed up with - proprietary grain blend.

Is the 1-gal version a scaled down 5-gal? The 1-gal recipe uses 1 lb Sparkling Amber DME, whereas the 5-gal has:

• 0.5 lbs Belgian Caramel Pils
• 0.25 lbs Briess Special Roast
• 0.125 lbs Belgian Biscuit
• 0.125 lbs English Chocolate Malt
• 6 lbs Gold Malt syrup

If it tastes as good as it smelled and looked, I’ll be very happy.

[nighthawk]

Try dividing the grain by 5. Pretty difficult

I’m not sure about the “pros” of making 1gallon batches. Other than it a good size to use when increasing the cell couple of liquid yeast, a ‘starter’.

IMO, the work involved to end with 8-10 bottles of beer is not worth it. Instead 2.4-3 gallon batches are a good compromise if you are the only one drinking and want to have a variety on hand and brew every couple of weeks for the enjoyment of it.

[mibeersnob]

Thanks Nighthawk. I’m still not sure if the grains are the same in both recipes. Regarding the size - I’m using it more for experimenting then for variety. I’ve been brewing 5-gal batches and would rather blow 1-gal then 5.