Hoping to try this recipe out tomorrow. As it will be my first AG brew, I thought I would post what I plan on doing so someone can correct any mistakes before I make them!
Here is my step by step plan:
1. Boil 15L of water for sparging later. Transfer to other vessel, cover and wrap with blanket.
2. Mash thickness 1.5qt/lbs. Initial mash volume = 1.5 × 15 = 22.5 qt = 21.3L
3. Mashing steps: Strike water temp 61C. Add grain, protein rest 30 min @ 56C. Bring to 66C and hold for 60 min. Bring to 77C and hold for 5 min.
4. Sparge with enough water to bring boil volume to 28.4L. Sparge temp 68.3C, adjust temp with boiling water.
5. Add first wort hops before boil starts. 1oz citra + 1oz simcoe
6. Bring to boil, total boil time 60 min.
7. Hop additions
8. Cool wort to 20C, transfer to fermentor and pitch yeast.
Etc.
So thats my plan; feel free to correct anything. I have the following questions:
Did I add the "first wort hops" in the correct spot? Am I still suppose to boil for an hour even though the first hop addition is only @ 15 min?
Thanks for your help!