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Saturday is BREW DAY!

Saturday is BREW DAY! I have been waiting for this particular brew day for a while now. It's going to be my first attempt at all-grain brewing.  I'm gonna be brewing "Two Fingers Amber Ale" for my first attempt at this method.  Here's the ingredients list for this brew:

12 lbs Maris Otter Pale Malt (2L)
1 lb Munich Malt (10L)
1/2 lb Crystal Malt (20L)
1/2 lb Caramunich Malt
1/8 lb Chocolate Malt
3/4 oz Cascade Leaf Hops (60 mins)
1/2 oz Cascade Leaf Hops (30 mins)
1/2 oz Williamette Leaf Hops (5 mins)
White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast (1-liter Starter)

My uneducated attempt at this schedule will be as follows:

10:00 - Gather all my gear, prepare sanitizer, sanitize equipment
11:45 - Fill coolers with ice and beer for me and guests :)
12:00 Noon - Start crushing my grain bill with the Barley Crusher
12:30-ish - Heat strike water
1:00 - Mash in
1:15 - weigh, separate, and prepare hops for boil
2:00 - Collect first runnings / heat sparge water
2:20 - First round batch sparge
2:40 - Second round batch sparge
3:00 - Start boil
4:30 - Chill and rack to fermenter
5:00 - Pitch yeast

Since I don't know how long some of these events in the mashing process will actually take, I guess these times are flexible... I hope to have a few friends hanging out with me throughout the day!