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Can I mash with 3-4qts, lift the bag onto a strainer, and sparge with top up water to achieve my preboil volume?

Will an 8qt pot be big enough for a 1 gallon BIAB? Also taking in account I'll be brewing high gravity beers.

I'm brewing a NB plinian legacy double IPA kit and the instructions say to add 5oz priming sugar right after the boil as well as fizz drops right before bottling. Is this correct? Wouldn't this be too much sugar?

Would it be worth it to partial mash .15lbs of light munich with 1.5lbs of extra light DME?

Thoughts on my first recipe? Brew Method: Extract Style Name: American IPA Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 1 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 1.5 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.043 Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.065 Final Gravity: 1.015 ABV...

Brew Method: Extract Style Name: American IPA Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 1 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 1.5 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.043 Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.065 Final Gravity: 1.015 ABV (standard): 6.5% IBU (tinseth): 58.25...

I could add .50oz warrior/magnum at 60min.

My apologies, that was a typo. 1.062.

5 gallon batch Grains: 7lbs extra light DME 1lbs caramel/crystal 60L Hops: 1oz mosaic FWH 1oz mosaic 15min 1oz mosaic 10min 1oz mosaic 5min 1oz mosaic 1min 3oz mosaic 7 day dry hop Yeast: white labs california ale Beersmith: OG 1.062 IBUs 45.3 ABV 6.3% Thoughts? Going for a tropical hop...

5 gallon batch Grains: 7lbs extra light DME 1lbs caramel/crystal 60L Hops: 1oz mosaic FWH 1oz mosaic 15min 1oz mosaic 10min 1oz mosaic 5min 1oz mosaic 1min 3oz mosaic 7 day dry hop Yeast: white labs california ale Beersmith: OG 1.062 IBUs 45.3 ABV 6.3% Thoughts? Going for a tropical hop...