I need to brew a couple times this fall and with Family, Football and Vacation, I don't have a lot of time to work in a couple all-grain brew days. I was going to try to knock out a couple speciality grain batches after my daughter goes to bed at night.
Here is my problem. I have never done a full boil extract batch. I have done a ton of partial boils and partial mashes, but never a full boil. Do I just dump all of the extract in up front and hop as normal? Do I do a late addition on my extract and increase hop utilization? I have looked around Northern Brewer and some other sites and everything is set up for partial boils. Here is what I am planning on doing.
Northern Brewer AK47 PALE MILD
O.G: 1.036 READY: 4 WEEKS
--2 weeks primary, 2 weeks bottle conditioning
KIT INVENTORY:
SPECIALTY GRAIN
--0.5 lbs Simpsons Caramalt
--1 oz Fawcett Pale Chocolate
FERMENTABLES
--3 lbs Munton’s Light DME (60 min)
--1 lb corn sugar late addition (0 min)
HOPS & FLAVORINGS
--0.75 oz Kent Goldings (60 min)
--0.25 oz Kent Goldings (15 min)
YEAST
--WYEAST 1945 NB NEOBRITANNIA.Flocculation: Moderate-high. Attenuation: 72-77%. Temperature
Range: 66-74 F.
--DRY YEAST ALTERNATIVE: Windsor Ale Yeast.Optimum temperature: 64-70°F.