First Wheat Beer: Need advice on protein rest and liquid amts

[FatAndrew]

Hello all!

I am brewing my first wheat ale this weekend and am wondering about how to go about my protein rest/is it necessary and how much liquid to be using at each step.
My recipe is as follows:
1 gallon test batch
.75lbs Two-row
.75lbs Wheat malt
4 oz Honey malt
1 oz crystal 20L (for color)

Hops schedule:
.1 oz Willamette @ 60 min
.1 oz Centennial @ 15 min

Wyeast American Wheat (1010)

Mash rests:
protein: 0.680 gal @ 122°F 20 min
conversion: 0.398 gal @ @ 152°F 60 min

Fly Sparge w/ 0.3 gal (1.2qt) @ 170°F


So my questions:
1. Should I do a protein rest?
2. If so, are my liquid amts. correct to yield a 1 gallon +/- batch after boil?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

-Andrew

 

[Bippar]

I'm relatively new to home brewing....but I can tell you that most of what I have read (alot) thus far seems to indicate a protein rest is not needed with modified malts. I skip it. My 2 cents.

 

[Bippar]

PS Have you downloaded the Beersmith software (BeerSmith.com)? You can get a trial version. It has what you need to answer your 2nd question regarding water volume (and a gazillion other things).