One more quick question, the recipe says to steep the grains in 2 gal of water. Will it matter if you use 2.5 gal instead, most other recipes I have seen said to use 2.5.
So I am about to brew my first batch tonight, a Brewer's Best kit for an Imperial Blonde Ale, and had a few questions I wanted to get cleared up before starting.
1) When adding the hops during the boil, do you just dump the hops straight into the pot? I have always seen hops added while in...