I've got several friends that are interested in learning about brewing and beer. At the same time, I'd like to expand my knowledge as it pertains to hops. I was thinking that I might be able to pull off something that worked for everyone. Please chime in if you think I can simplify or improve the process:
I plan to pre-mash and pre-boil 6 gallons of wort (just a simple 2-row wort.) Something that will generate a simple 4% ale. I'll pre-bitter it up to about 12 IBU. Flavor and aroma hops will be deliberately left out.
On "brew day," we'll split up the wort into six 1 gallon batches and I'll assign a pack of hops to go with each batch. Each person or team can then heat their wort to boil and hop it. (should only take a 15 minute boil since we've already had a hot and cold break when we made the wort, right?)
We can then ferment these small batches in 1 gallon jugs.
There's two things that I really need to know though. One, do I need to worry about dms production during that second boil? Secondly, I just planned to bottle in those same gallon jugs (rack off of yeast cake into fresh jug). All the numbers that I find for bottling are for 12 and 22oz bottles. Can someone point me to a calculation based on volume and head space for custom bottling?
I plan to pre-mash and pre-boil 6 gallons of wort (just a simple 2-row wort.) Something that will generate a simple 4% ale. I'll pre-bitter it up to about 12 IBU. Flavor and aroma hops will be deliberately left out.
On "brew day," we'll split up the wort into six 1 gallon batches and I'll assign a pack of hops to go with each batch. Each person or team can then heat their wort to boil and hop it. (should only take a 15 minute boil since we've already had a hot and cold break when we made the wort, right?)
We can then ferment these small batches in 1 gallon jugs.
There's two things that I really need to know though. One, do I need to worry about dms production during that second boil? Secondly, I just planned to bottle in those same gallon jugs (rack off of yeast cake into fresh jug). All the numbers that I find for bottling are for 12 and 22oz bottles. Can someone point me to a calculation based on volume and head space for custom bottling?
