Hi all—I’m Bill, a very amateur home brewer. Back in 2018, I brewed a few one-gallon batches, but then for some reason stopped. I picked it up again this fall when I figured out I can use Beano to produce low-carb beer. My Type 2 diabetes and carbohydrates don’t get along. I brewed up a California Common from a kit online, used the Beano, and it was A-OK. So, I decided to go all in this year. I have an imperial stout fermenting and a holiday ale fermenting as well. Right now I do one-gallon batches since I’m the only beer-drinker in the house, and I don’t drink it that often. I don’t need to figure out how to give away and consume the bottles I’d have after a 5-gallon batch. Although…rumor has it that a larger batch fermenter will be under the Christmas tree, so I may need to expand my experience a bit.
Anyway, I’m glad to be here. I’ll mostly lurk and occasionally ask a question. I don’t feel like I know enough yet to be a big help, but I may chime in once in a while if I think I can contribute.
Welcome back to homebrewing Bill and here is to holiday miracles when we each get new homebrewing gifts.
I’m a big fan of 1-gallon batches and they are also great to pilot new recipes before scaling up. AHA has been publishing some great resources on 1-gallon brewing in Zymurgy too.
Cheers to you and getting back in it as well as managing health to make it possible. Julia
I’ve standardized on 5- and 10-liter batches — for similar reasons. I can iterate thru recipes a lot faster which lets me try more stuff faster … and if something doesn’t work out, I don’t feel near as bad dumping 5 liters as 5 gallons.
Welcome to the forum. There are so many amazing people here to answer questions. I have learned more here in the forums than I have reading all the books on brewing.
Thank you for the warm welcome. Over the decades (yes, a few decades) that I’ve been online I’ve found forums to be wonderful resources for answers to the questions that bother us so. Cheers!
