I'm still in the research stage (no equipment yet) and am considering going with a 1 gallon brewing set-up as opposed to what seems to be the 5 gallon norm. Any thoughts welcome...here are a few I see...

Pro: Much less space required for the domestically challenged.

Pro: if you brew a lousy batch you only have ~12 bottles instead of ~50
Con: if it's a good batch you only have ~12 instead of ~50

Pro: experimentation somewhat less costly

Con: for a recipe that works you have to do 4x the work (cleaning, bottling, waiting!)

Con: supplies seem to be geared toward 5 gallon batch size, therefore probably more work in dividing up the ingredients and storage of the unused portion.

Con: imprecision of ingredient measurment will have more pronounced effect on recipe outcome...but maybe that will result in an unexpected taste/arome improvement (Pro)

Take a look at James Spencer and Steve Wilkes at Basic Brewing Video. You can find them here:
http://www.basicbrewing.com/radio/index.php?page=video

They're all about the "Small Beer".

Good luck,
Wild

Wild wrote:Take a look at James Spencer and Steve Wilkes at Basic Brewing Video. You can find them here:
http://www.basicbrewing.com/radio/index.php?page=video

They're all about the "Small Beer".

Good luck,
Wild

Thanks...watching the video I realized another "Pro"...it's lots easier to clean/handle 1 gallon jugs than 5 gallon ones.