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Ah, thanks. Along those lines, perhaps I can use my brew kettle as well since that's even easier to sanitize, and also fits 5 gallons of beer.

Greetings. I just brewed a Belgian Blonde Ale using that two-step method (half of a full boil on day one, the other half the next morning). It's now bubbling away like mad in my primary, and I plan to transfer it to a secondary 5 gallon carboy a day or so after it stops bubbling. The brew...

And one more reply to my own post for today, the extract brewing strategies start around minute 22, if I remember correctly from my eliptical machine session today. The first 21 minutes are on answering other questions and talking about canning wort for use as starters, so fast forward if...

And here's a link to a podcast with the person who wrote the two-step article for BYO. One point of interest to me is he sort of confirms what I guessed about making a 2.5 gallon "starter" when he says that pitching yeast into 2.5 gallons of wort gives you a pretty good pitching rate (I hope...

Thanks! Well, I just picked up the carboys from my parents' house. The 5 gallon looks pretty good all around. Most of the 6.5 gallon is looking great, but there are some spots on the inside which are stained pretty good. I'm planning to soak these overnight in a bleach solution, and perhaps...

Hey, dudes. New guy here. I brewed maybe 5 or 6 batches maybe 6 or 7 years ago, but none since. I'm in the same boat - very small apartment with wimpy electric stove. I'm strongly considering the two step brewing for a Belgian Blonde Ale recipe I want to do sometime this week. I...