Geordie summer tomfoolery

[Duncndisorderly]

Hi, im preparing a brew for this evening and am looking for a little guidance on the best course of action.
its basically a Geordie Scottish export kit that i intend to bastardise( i also have a yorkshire bitter and a mild if anyone thinks id be better using that instead)
i have 250 gms of crystal malt
100gms whole leaf goldings
100 gms northdown pellets
100gms challenger pellets
And 1330 gms of pasteurised honey
im looking to make a summery kinda ale and im intending to add the honey, or at least some of it at the end before i transfer to the FV, basically my plan is to steep the crushed grain in with the extract and 6 ltrs of water for 60 minutes, really what im looking for is a little advice on when and which hops i should add and also confirmation that the best way to get the benefit from the honey is too add it at the end too avoid losing completely
Thanks

[Duncndisorderly]

on doing a little more research my plan is going to be as follows

Boil 3 ltrs water and steep 250 grms crystal malt in the water along with the tin of export and 0.5kg brewing sugar.
after 45 minutes remove crystal malt in bag and add 50 gms whole leaf goldings also bagged
30 minutes later add 25 grms Challenger for final 15 minutes of boil
turn off heat and add 900grms of the pasteurised honey
cool then transfer to FV and top up to 19ltrs then pitch yeast

any major flaws?

[macleanb]

There are a few honey threads going on at the mo. Seems like some are opting to add honey after FV to try and preserve more honey flavour. I suspect there are risks especially if the honey is not pasturised.

When making extracts I have always steeped my specialiaty grains in plain water at ~70c, and after steeping added the extract etc. Not 100% sure this is the only way, but seems with a limited amount of boil/steep water, you will get more into solution if the solution is less saturated?

And that there are (possible) issues with using 100c water with grains (which I have trouble confirming as I have no experience with this), but the argument makes sense, but 00's of recipies and decoction mashers disprove this?

[Duncndisorderly]

........And that there are (possible) issues with using 100c water with grains (which I have trouble confirming as I have no experience with this), but the argument makes sense, but 00's of recipies and decoction mashers disprove this?

I suspect im gonna find out one way or another as i went at it like a bull in a china shop yeterday evening with water temps sometinmes up as high as 90 degrees

[macleanb]

I can only imagine it will be 100% fine - people boling grains all over the shop....