1 Gallon Stout Kits

Northern Brewer General
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I want to preparwe to brew my second batch, and want to know if anyone has any suggestions for a quality 1 gallon stout kit?

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Do they offer everything in a 1 gallon kit, or do you only have a few to choose from?

3

Brooklyn Brew Shop has both a porter and a stout

http://brooklynbrewshop.com/1-gallon-beer-mixes
4

I’m a new brewer starting out with the 1 gallons, and was thinking about this same thing. I am going to try cutting the 5 gal Dry Stout kit down to proportion for 1 gal, then get a few batches out of it. Cheaper that way than on all the 1 gal kits really.

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[quote=“freshwater_drum”] I am going to try cutting the 5 gal Dry Stout kit down to proportion for 1 gal[/quote]I think you’ll find it difficult to weigh out the liquid malt extract, convert the recipe to dry extract, roughly .8# DME = 1# LME

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Thanks for the advice. I was considering either buying in bulk for splitting into 1 gal batches, or splitting the 5 gal kits into two 2.5 gal batches. The DME would be easier, but I don’t see as much guidance on which to use for a particular beer. For instance, the Irish Red 5 gal kit uses 6 lbs Gold Malt Syrup, and the 1 gal kit uses 1 lb Amber DME powder. But they don’t say which one. Muntons Amber? Breiss Sparkling Amber? Something else? Does it matter? Thanks again.

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[quote=“freshwater_drum”] I was considering either buying in bulk for splitting into 1 gal batches, or splitting the 5 gal kits into two 2.5 gal batches. The DME would be easier, but I don’t see as much guidance on which to use for a particular beer.[/quote]If you can do 2.5 gallon batches do that, you’ll get around a 25 beers as opposed to 10 with 1 gallon and you can split a kit up much easier.

There’s no difference between LME and DME in a rercipe other than the points per gallon per pound, LME has water in it so it has lower points per gallon per pound and DME, being dry, will stay fresher longer.
Also, if you’re going to do your own recipes, use the lightest color extract you can and use steeping grains for your color and flavor. Darker extract tends to have more unfermentables and can leave you with a higher FG.