Sounds like everything went well although you might have a full body beer in the end, not so bad. Also forgot to mention to not add the lme until the last 10 minutes that way you end up with a lighter colored beer.
Just received my bag from morebeer's flash sale last Friday. How can I tell if I received the new and improved model? Hopefully I didn't receive old stock.
If you're doing BIAB, first make sure to get a good crush on your grains. Next try and mash with as much water as you can in your kettle. From a BIAB calculator, looks like your can mash 7.4lbs of grain at 2qts/lb in 4.29 gallons of water. Calculate grain absorption to get your volume after BIAB...