So here's what I ended up doing...wanted to do the recipe as written but just couldn't help myself...crazy brew day which I seem to have a lot of...maybe I shouldn't wake and bake on brew days(gotta love D.C. and legal recreational)...Recipe is based on 80% efficiency. which is what I usually hit on bigger, thicker mashes like this one... 9 gallons 151F strike to 28 lbs grain...sparged for 13.5 gallons preboil at 1.062 collected about half gallon of wort from bag and saved for starters. 60 minute boil, Smelled amazing. 12 gals, 1.070 OG, started whilrpool at 170F and it ran for more than an hour while I took the new pup to get shots. pitched 2L starter, wy1056 at high K.
26 lbs Briess 2 Row (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 92.9 %
2 lbs Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.1 %
2.20 oz Centennial [9.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 31.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 4 -
2.00 oz Cascade [7.10 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 5 4.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Centennial [9.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6 5.7 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [7.10 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 60.0 Hop 7 10.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Centennial [9.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 6 Hop 8 14.4 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [7.10 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Centennial [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs