Partial mash questions? Why do this if you are still using extract?

[linusstick]

I have done extract brews with success, all grain brews with minimal success, then I gave up for 4 years. I just started again with 2 extracts brews (one bottled, one kegged) that turned out nice. I wanted to make sure I got my processes down before I went back to all grain and decided I wanted to do partial mash. Recipes I've seen or have for partial mash beers say to do the mash and follow extract recipes leaving out x amount of extract. My question is after I mash and sparge do I still steep specialty grains in the wort or do I just put specialty grains in the mash?

 

[SterlingHopper]

Mash your specialty grains. The enzymes from the base malts will help convert some of the starches in the specialty grains, allowing you to extract a little more sugar than simply steeping.

 

[Oldyote]

Read this

http://home.roadrunner.com/~brewbeer/extract/pres.pdf