Hey all, I have been doing 10-gal. brews. To date, they have been the same beers. I'm wanting to split my my batch between 2 styles, an English IPA and a Scottish Ale. Since these 2 recipes are so similar in their base ingredients I want to do a 10-gallon mash, then brew the IPA with 1/2 of the mash and hold back approx. half of the wort for the Scottish, which I would probably do the following day. My question is how much water should I plan to use/add for steeping my specialty grains in the Scottish recipe (there is 1# Crystal, .5#Roasted, .5#Smoked Peat and some Chocolate). And mostly, can I steep the grains in the 1/2 of the wort or a portion there of from the split batch? Would heating the wort and holding it at 150+/- for an hour cause any unwanted flavors? I have been trying to decide if I should decrease the volume of my mash and increase the OG on the Scottish portion just to dilute it or reduce the volume and add DME to get the OG where I want it. I have been looking for threads/post that address these questions but I am getting a headache searching through so many non-relevant posts. Thanks for your help.