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Temperature is only an issue when steeping specialty grains, as others have said. You don't want to steep any hotter than 170 degrees. Once you remove your specialty grains, just boil!

Alright thanks. I am supposed to dry hop in the secondary, so I will try my hand at racking it.

Thanks for the tip. I just checked the NB Black IPA All grain recipe vs. the extract recipe - turns out the hop schedule is identical. Seems to lend some credence to what you said, solbes.

So I am slightly concerned about transferring to my secondary fermenter. It sounds like I can easily introduce oxygen which is unwanted at that stage in the fermentation. Is this a real concern? It appears many people are now dismissing the idea that a secondary fermentation is necessary. Any...

I've only used Northern Brewer so far and I have been satisfied. Customer service is great too.

I would definitely like to try a full volume boil, how would I change the hop schedule? Also, one mistake I made while brewing this batch was dumping in the both bottles of LME at the same time - it took forever for the thick syrup to pour out of the jugs and I had no hands to stir. I didn't...

I just brewed Dead Ringer IPA 5 gal. Extract kit yesterday. This was my first 5 gallon batch after completing 5 different Northern Brewer 1 gallon kits. I used the Megapot 1.2 (8 gal.) and wort chiller. I chilled down to 80° and poured it on top of approximately 50° water. I pitched a decanted...