Hi All,
I've backread a lot of this thread (though not nearly all of it) and have decided to use EdWort's Haus Pale Ale as my first partial-mash brew attempt.
Based on his grain bill:
8 lbs. 2-Row Pale Malt
2 lbs. Vienna Malt
0.5 lb. Crystal 10L Malt
I converted it to the following:
3.5 lbs. 2-Row Pale Malt
2 lbs. Vienna Malt
0.5 lb. Crystal 10L Malt
3 lbs. extra-light DME
I used the conversion of 2/3 lb. of DME to one pound of base malt (found that conversion here:
http://members.cox.net/steve.krieske/Extract Brewing Guide.pdf). So basically I converted the additional 4.5 lbs. of 2 row I'm "replacing" to 3 lbs. of DME.
I plan on using a 3 gallon round cooler as described in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/mini-mash-system-extract-brewers-8805/
And I plan on following the procedure that's outlined here:
http://byo.com/stories/article/indices/48-partial-mashing/511-countertop-partial-mashing
I'll keep the hop schedule the same, late-add the DME (how late?), and use Nottingham yeast. I'll end up with around 3.5-4 gallons of wort, so I'll top off with water in the fermenter.
Does this sound like a good approach to my first partial mash?
I liked how the numbers worked out - I'm right at 6 lbs of grain which is about the most I can do with a 3gal cooler/5gal BK on the stove, plus DME comes in 3 lb. bags!