Hi azzwa,
I tend to do extract with grain steep these days. I use a large 20Litre pot on the kitchen stove. The following is my generic process:
Cheers,
Pete
[SIZE=12pt]1. Steep grains in 7 Litres of hot water for 60 mins at 70C[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]2. Remove grain bag from liquid after 60 mins.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]3. Sparge grain bag with 3 Litres of hot tap water to make total boil amount of 10 Litres.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]4. Boil grain liquid for a total of 60 mins.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]5. Follow hop additions as per schedule (60mins, 20mins & 5mins)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]6. Rest for 15 mins at flameout[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]7. Then cool wort to 18C in a sink full of ice & cold water[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]8. Then strain wort into Fermenter[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]9. Then add the LDME or Liquid ME to FV and stir well[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]10. Add extra cold water to make 24 Litres and stir well[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]11. Stir in first packet of XXX Yeast (first packet) into wort and aerate well.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]12. Put Fermenter into fridge pre-set at 18C then sprinkle packet of XXXX Yeast (2nd packet) on surface of wort and fit FV lid and airlock.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]13. Ferment at 18C for 10 days. Then raise temp to 21C for 3 days. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]14. Then drop temp to 1C (cold crash) 4 days before bottling.[/SIZE]