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For dry yeast, don't do a starter. Just pitch half the pack. If you want to rehydrate with water you can Preboil and cool to 85-90F then sprinkle half the pack into about 50-100 mL water, wait 15 mins shake it up and pitch.

Got a few about a year ago from craftabrew.com Not a lot of selection but good kits. I had good results from them.

Welcome. I got a 1 gal kit last year and have been hooked. I would get a 3 gal pot if you can. It makes life a lot easier and affords you more options as you try new things. I have a 3 gal and which has been perfect for 1 gal batches on the stovetop with extract, partial mash or BIAB. I don't...

46494+ 2 gals rye ale 1 gal smoked Ryezenbock 1 gal Oktoberfest 1 gal Oatmeal stout 1 gal smoked Roggenbier =46500

36718+ 1 Gal SMASH - Pale Ale / Sterling 1 Gal SMASH - Rye / Opal = 36720

4 more 1 gal SMaSH beers since last post. So total is now 24,696

That's weird because I've ONLY ever brewed 1 gal batches of beer for a total of 19 so far. The Bangor part might be true, I can't really say.

My 2 gal works fine for 1 gal batches. I did a circular braid into a T fitting and stuffed a 1/2 in coil spring inside the braid so it doesn't crush.

+ 2, 1 gal SMASH beers brewed tonight =20,260.25

19,765 + 17, 1 gal batches so far this year =19,782

Either way will work just fine. You can always add water at the fermetner or let it boil off a little longer if you have too much. If you know your boil off rate specific to your 1 gal brew setup that helps, but it sounds like you might need to do a few 1 gals to figure that rate out. If you...

I always do full volume boils with my 1 gal batches, even with extract, rather than adding a bunch of water to the primary. As far as the water volume for the steeping, it probably doesn't matter that much.

Just punched that into iBrewmaster at 1.049/1.012. Looks pretty much in range for an American Amber.

For bottling I siphon to and from the 12 qt kettle that I use for brewing my 1 gal batches.

I have found 05 to be a slower starter than some of the other dry yeasts I've tried with my 1 gal batches. Overnight sounds about right.

Yes, an experiment, true enough. I got a little panicked over the temp but all seems well now. Based on the extreme differences in fermentation between the two yeasts I imagine I will taste two very different beers when this is all done.

Brewed 2 gals last night and split into 2, 1 gal jugs, 1 w/ s-05, 1 w/ Windsor as an experiment. About half a pack each. Tonight the 05 is fermenting nicely at around 70F while the Windsor is the craziest fermentation I've ever seen and is at 78F sitting right next to the 05. I've seen some...