Headspace?

[anditweighsaton]

Hi there,

Just joined here as starting out with homebrew. I'm in the UK so forgive my metric measurements!

Just about to do my first brew - BIAB in a Peco/Electrim Boiler.; a Hoppy American Pale ale
I have enough grain to make 23l/c.6 gallons that came with a kit but wanted to make a smaller batch to begin with, say 12l/c. 3 gallons. My issue is that i only have a 28l fermentation vessel so if i did this, there'd be a lot of headspace in there. Is this a huge issue? I don't plan on dry hopping and the fermenter has a tap for taking gravity readings etc. but obviously i want as little exposure to oxygen as possible.

Any thoughts/advice?

Thanks!

 

[Hawkbox]

It's not a problem. Lots of the brew buckets you get with a new kit are 45L buckets for 21L batches.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

welcome to the site

 

[Nosybear]

Hi there,

Just joined here as starting out with homebrew. I'm in the UK so forgive my metric measurements!

Just about to do my first brew - BIAB in a Peco/Electrim Boiler.; a Hoppy American Pale ale
I have enough grain to make 23l/c.6 gallons that came with a kit but wanted to make a smaller batch to begin with, say 12l/c. 3 gallons. My issue is that i only have a 28l fermentation vessel so if i did this, there'd be a lot of headspace in there. Is this a huge issue? I don't plan on dry hopping and the fermenter has a tap for taking gravity readings etc. but obviously i want as little exposure to oxygen as possible.

Any thoughts/advice?
Welcome! And to your question, no. The fermenting beer will make enough CO2 to flush ass the air out of the headspace.
Thanks!

 

[GFHomebrew]

No problems cheers from another metric!

 

[Craigerrr]

Welcome, and good luck!

 

[anditweighsaton]

Thanks all, appreciate the welcome and advice. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!