Sparge Water Question

[Vegetarisk]

Brewing the following Extract kit this weekend and have a question about the amount of sparge water to use.

Brewers Best Imperial Blonde 5 gallon yield

Fermentables
6.6 lb. Light LME
1 lb. Wheat DME
1 lb. Corn Sugar

Specialty Grains
1lb Honey Malt

Hops
1 oz. Brewers Gold
2 Packs of .5 oz. Cascade

My brew kettle supports about a 4 gallon wort boil and I'm thinking about steeping the Honey Malt in 2 gallons at 155F for about 30 minutes then sparging at the same temp in a separate pot filled with 2 gallons of water for another 30. This is my second time brewing and first time sparging. Any feedback as to whether that sounds appropriate would be greatly appreciated!

 

[peterj]

Sparging is only necessary if you're mashing to rinse the excess sugars off the grain. Since you're just steeping and it's only 1 pound of grain, you'll be fine with out a sparging step. But if you did need to sparge, you wouldn't need to let it sit for 30 minutes.

 

[Spartangreen]

This is an extract kit, no sparging required.
Sparging is "rinsing" grains after mashing (letting the grains sit in hot water for a length of time.)

You will be adding the malt extracts to the water and boiling per the recipe. Probably 60 minutes.

 

[Vegetarisk]

Ahh ok. Good to know. Thanks!