Wow! Now that's a lot more answers/replies than I was expecting!
Sorry for leaving you all hanging. I guess I didn't realize so much community support could happen in only 21 hours. First of all, thank you to everyone who commented for your time and reply to my inaugural post!
boo boo - My error; I boiled 2.5 gallons to ~165F, killed the heat and then added the grain bag. and steeped for 30 minutes. After that, I forgot the sparge.
dude - Evan! is correct, I only had first running in the kettle but enough that I didn't notice the missing sparge water.
Evan! - What is an OP and should I be offended? Actually, with a move like this I have no right to be offended from any comment.
Fingers - The volume in the pot was about 2.5 gallons. I was also boiling-up an additional 3 gallons in another pot to add. I wouldn't say I was loaded but I was definitely having a good time!
brloomis - Nope. I didn't boil the grains. And yes, I might have been a little loaded when I wrote this up but that was a whole week later!
FSR402 - That makes *many* of us!
trencher - I was using ~10.5 lbs of grain total. I had no filter so I opted for a large loose bag instead.
the_bird - Your partially correct although it was actually an AG. The terminology is that of a (obviously) novice brewer. Couldn't tell could you!
I just can't get to the rest... there are so many. Now that I reread my post and all of your comments, I tend to agree with BierMuncher's saying, "This is like that guy at a sporting event that stands up out of no where, blurts out something vague and incomprehensible, then sits back down for the rest of the game without a word."
The recipe is the Fat Tire clone from
Austin Homebrew Supply
My process...
Boiled 2.5 gallons water to 165F then added water salts and steeped all 10.5lbs of grain for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes I should have sparged and returned the resulting water to the to the kettle. I completely missed this step only to remember about an hour later. I then reboiled a smaller about of water, took it off the heat, let the grain bag steep for ~15 minutes and then gently squeezed (or rotated the grains within the bag collecting the runoff) and then finally sparged, brought back to a boil, cooled and then joined its lost brethren in the primary.
It was my re-steeping the grains and then sparging after an hour that was my primary concern.
Wow, I'm still amazed at the overwhelming response to this post. As a token of my gratitude for everyone's help and support, I've become a lifetime member to support the great community that you all have. I'm looking forward to learning more and tapping (bad pun intended) some of the wisdom that is on the board.
Cheers,
Scott