Newb beer questions

[Walrus81]

Hello,

I have a couple of questions.

Is it possible to brew beer in quantities of 1 gallon ie in a demijon? I am doing lots of TC but do not have enough space for a 5 gallon bucket for beer!

If it is can I use a kit? Any recomendations?

Also if it is possible can I use local hops for my brew?

Many thanks.

[Walrus81]

Thanks for the info.

OK, I think I'll try my first ever beer.

Any tips for recipes, or how to get going?

I'm ok with brewing cider, but beer is a new world to me.

Typically drink Spitfire or Harveys so would like to try something similar, so a kit with end results similar to those would be good.

Many thanks

[Aleman]

I often do this to 'prove' a yeast that I have obtained from a 'non clean' source (bottle, Keg, Brewery )

After growing the yeast in a micro culture (2m wort) it is plated, and a couple of clean colonies selected and stored in sterile distilled water. I then take some of teh yeast in water and build up a starter. Make a gallon of wort using spray malt, and what ever hops come to hand from the freezer, pitch the starter, and ferment it out. If the yeast is good, I have 8 Pints of reasonable beer to drink (And a large starter slurry). If the yeast is bad / contaminated, then I've not wasted too much time/money/effort with it.

[Walrus81]

Daab,

I have just found another demi so I have 2 galons to play with, so if you could let me know rough idea for using hops that would be great.

Hops not yet purcahsed, seen and advert. So will have to look sometime next week to find out more info.

[Walrus81]

Thanks for that Info. I will get reading, then hopefully brewing!

One quick one though. If I go for a dry pack (Brupack/Hambleton Bard)
do I just adjust for 1 gallon?

Also there seem to be a lot of brew packs which ones are the ones I should look at>

Many thanks!