Extract beer recipes

[Brewrian]

I'm looking for some 2 gallon extract recipes that i can brew and frement in my mr. beer kit. The kits you buy for it are just to easy and costly.

[safletcher]

You'll be hard pressed to find 2gal recipes. Most are 5, and you can easily take 50% of those to make a 2.5gal batch, but specifically 2gal?

Half the fun of homebrewing is flying by the seat of your pants, throw stuff in a brewpot and see what comes out. If I were you, I'd take a 5gal extract recipe (there are many listed here in the recipes forum), cut it in half and only use 2 gal of water. Theoretically, you'll just get a higher ABV and potentially bigger flavors. You could always adjust the hops downward if you prefer something a little less bitter.

[Brewrian]

Yeah thats what i was thinking, well im just going to expieriment

[thezfunk]

I have halfed 5 gallon kits for my Mr. Beer fermenters. Not exactly half. I use math and a kitchen scale to figure out the ratios.

You want 2 gallons out of 5 so that is two fifths or 2/5
2 divided by 5 is .40 or 40%
2 Mr. Beer batches uses 40%x2 or 80% of a 5 gallon kit
Take 80% of your ingredients and divide that in half for 2 Mr. Beer fermenters.

Ta Da!

So two of the same 5 gallon kits will get you exactly 5 Mr. Beer fermenters full of beer!

[vance71975]

I'm looking for some 2 gallon extract recipes that i can brew and frement in my mr. beer kit. The kits you buy for it are just to easy and costly.


Here is a Simple Stout You can do.If you do not like Stout Simply Drop the Grains and Continue.Or add 1 lb of a light colored Grain Such as Biscuit malt Or victory Malt etc.

1 can Light Malt Extract(Munton & Fison (UK) Light LME Or Any other Light/pale Liquid Malt Extract)

1/2 Lb Roasted Barley(steep in 1/2 gallon 155 degree water 60 mins)

1/2 Lb Carafa® III (Weyermann®)(steep in 1/2 gallon 155 degree water 60 mins)

3 gallons water(for boil)

1 oz Fuggle Hops (60 min boil)

1 oz Fuggle Hops (20 min Boil)

1 Oz Fuggle Hops (5 min Boil)

1 package Nottingham Dry Yeast

Steep Grains For 60 mins @155 Degrees Strain water in to Boil Pot, Rinse Grains with Remain 2.5 gallons,Boil water Malt and hops for 60 mins, Cool wort, Pitch Yeast(rehydrate yeast by boiling one cup water let cool to 90 degrees,put package of Nottingham in the warm water and let it set), Put it in your Mr.Beer fermenter and go!


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.062 SG

Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.15 %

Bitterness: 15.5 IBU

Est Color: 60.2 SRM


That will give you an nice ale without using Mr.Beer Ingredients:)