I am going to try my first full boil in a couple days for a 5 gallon batch, and want to make sure I have everything down right. I am planning on using AHS extract honey wheat ale recipe. Any help will be much appreciated.
The Recipe I am using has steeping grains. How much water do I want to steep them in and how much do I want to sparge with? Should the sparge water be the same temp as the steeping water?
Also, I want to only use around 80% of the hops recommended for the recipe that is using a partial boil? Is this for both bittering and finishing hops?
Do I need to increase the amount of LME or DME (recipe only has LME) since it is a full boil or is what comes with the recipe enough?
Is there any reason to do a late addition with a lot of the extract to keep the color light, or do I just want to boil all the extract the entire time?
Anything else different that I am not thinking of?
Thanks!
The Recipe I am using has steeping grains. How much water do I want to steep them in and how much do I want to sparge with? Should the sparge water be the same temp as the steeping water?
Also, I want to only use around 80% of the hops recommended for the recipe that is using a partial boil? Is this for both bittering and finishing hops?
Do I need to increase the amount of LME or DME (recipe only has LME) since it is a full boil or is what comes with the recipe enough?
Is there any reason to do a late addition with a lot of the extract to keep the color light, or do I just want to boil all the extract the entire time?
Anything else different that I am not thinking of?
Thanks!