I’m thinking of scaling down. When I started brewing, everything was 5 gallons. After having made some terrible beers over my time, and with so many options I want to try out and compare, I was thinking of scaling down. For example, if I wanna compare yeasts, maybe I make a SMASH beer but 2x1 gal. Use yeast A in the 1st gal and yeast B in the 2nd gal.
Also, I enjoy the act of brewing, but I only drink 1 beer a day, so that takes me 1.5 months to get thru 5gal a batch.
Has anyone scaled down? Did anything change or surprise you?
I’ve had decent success scaling down recipes, but what I’ve found is that I make more consistent beers when I use a recipe designer instead of just taking 20% of the 5 gallon recipe. I’m just a beginner though. Someone more experienced could probably just eyeball it.